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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Pradera - "Maldita Ciudad" (2017)

PRADERA "Maldita Ciudad"

Year: 2017

Genre: Punk rock
Country: México

Track List:

Lunes
Caripez
Mala etapa
No quiero morir
Falacias

Facebook / Bandcamp

Pradera is a punk rock project from México City and The port of Saint Mary, Spain.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

Wind in his hair - "Earthwrecker" (2017)

WIND IN HIS HAIR "Earthwrecker"

Year: 2017

Genre: Neocrust / Atmospheric Black Metal

Country: Germany

Track List:

The guts of the land
Sequoia
Old light
Earthwrecker
Black bark, red roots

Bandcamp // Facebook

Wind in his hair is a melodic neocrust band with influences ranging from atmospheric black metal to hardcore punk. The bandname refers to a first nation chief called "Wind in his hair" from the movie "Dances with wolves". The name was chosen to show solidarity with indigenous peoples and their struggles without exploiting native identity in any form.

The lyrics are all about nature, primitivism, anarchism and respect for Mother Earth. All members are vegans (most of them also straight edge) and support the ideas of rewilding and the concepts of sustainability.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Infantile Dissention - Inordinate Deathrock Discord (2016)

Country of Origin: America

Year: 2016

Genre: Anarcho punk / Deathrock

1. Trans Panic
2. Organic Crumbs // Broods of Death
3. Fasces
4. Polystyrene Graves
5. Resistance Shit
6. Hidden Ploy
7. Pious // Scumlord
8. Nothingness
9. Buried
10. Cute Girls
11. Black Guards
12. Kanto Cracks

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Rad powerviolence mixed with anarcho punk with very deep lyrics, Infantile Dissention screams against trans oppression and prejudices, system failure, life monotony and government shadows on us. Very great 12 tracks full of meanings. Give a check.

"[SHIT] wants man to be active and to engage in action with all his energies; it wants him to be manfully aware of the difficulties besetting him and ready to face them. It conceives of life as a struggle in which it behooves a man to win for himself a really worthy place, first of all by fitting himself (physically, morally, intellectually) to become the implement required for winning it. As for the individual, so for the many, and so for mankind"

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Fajro Greka - "Kapitalo Estas Dio" (2016)

FAJRO GREKA "Kapitalo Estas Dio"

Year: 2016

Genre: Experimental Black Metal

Country: USA

Track List:

Hunger
Acquisition
Void
Side B

Bandcamp // Facebook

Fajro Greka is an experimental black metal band from Miami. They use electronic elements in addition to their sound. "Our goal is to capture a lofi aesthetic with more modern sounds and synths". Download for free at bandcamp, and they are also selling tapes in case you are interested.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

PORNOSTROIKA DADAIFI - Η ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΙΝΩΤΑΥΡΟΥ (2016)

Genre: Anarcho punk / Post Punk / Black Metal / Electronic
Country: Greece
Year: 2016

Tracklist:

1. Η ώρα του λύκου (featuring a-steritiko)
2. All is none (featuring T.L. - Rex Mundi, Final Answer ,Transcending Bizarre,HSN )
3. Η εξέγερση των ρομπότ
4. Dallos is God (Ichiro Nitta, Hiroyuki Namba,Horn Spectrum,Hisayuki Toriumi-OVA Dallos)
5. Συριζοπασόκοι βρώμοι-Συριζιάδα (1ο μέρος)
6. John Wayne Alex! (Dimitri Tiomkin,rawhide cover)-Συριζιάδα 2ο μέρος
7. Trumpacula (let the trump-pets of doom, blow)
8. Police Truck (Dead Kennedy's cover)
9 . Τα ζόμπι στα άρματα
10. Territorial Pissings (Nirvana cover)
11. Σβέρκοι βοδινοί (Βάρναλης)

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While also known as Pornostroika Dadaifi they are a cyberpunk band formed in 1999 in Lesvos island in Greece. The band is politicized and does not aim for money or fame but to destroy the music culture of capitalism.
I know that this band will remain in my mind for a long time.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Resurgo - "V zajetí myšlenek" (2016)

RESURGO "V zajetí myšlenek"

Year: 2016

Genre: Hardcore / Punk

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

Bandcamp

Resurgo is a HC band active since 2008 and they have released their firts LP a few months ago. With members of Zemezluc, Trauma 84 this band has a melodic and powerfull sound.

Here is the DOWNLOAD link for this LP, and also you can listen their first demo here, and download it here.

Trauma 84 - "Demo" (2016)

TRAUMA 84 "Demo"

Year: 2016

Genre: Crust
Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

Intro + Priority
Sloboda
Legálné ničenie
Jdu dál
Agonia
Geneticky zruinován
Infekce

Facebook / Bandcamp

First demo of this antifascist vegan band stablished in Czech Republic. You can listen the free streaming in bandcamp, and also I put here the download code. Enjoy!

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Mass Drivers - "So much death" (2016)

MASS DRIVERS "So much death"

Year: 2016

Genre: Blackened noise/hardcore
Country: Sweden

Track List:

Bandcamp

Mass Drivers is a one man band, from a member of Ramaskri performing blackened noise/drone. "All lyrics are about the horrors of war in space. I got the idea for the project when i came to think about that there are some bands singing about space and a shitload of bands singing about war, but as far as I know nobody have combined these two subjects so I decided to do just that."

Even though Mass Drivers is apolitical in some way, the person behind this expresses his anarchist ideas are in his main band "Ramaskri"

Minerva Superduty - "Gorod Zero" (2016)

MINERVA SUPERDUTY "Gorod zero"

Year: 2016

Genre: Hardcore
Country: Greece

Track List:

First as tragedy
Bright colours
New old words
Νιόβης 4
Με ζούνε
Negative dialectic
Acéphale
Gorod zero

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MNRV got together in late 2011 in order to escape crushing daily routine. Been making music and performing ever since, fusing their influences and experimenting...

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Das_programm - "[08_15]" (2016)

DAS_PROGRAMM "[08_15]"

Year: 2016

Genre: Electronic Hardcore
Country: Germany

Track List:

01_hyperventilate_[intro]
02_meaning_of_life
03_profit_prophet
04_a_left_to_die
05_aszfalt-blues
06_umsonst_und_drauszen
07_no_name
08_rollenspiel
09_a.l.p.t.r.a.u.m
10_nincs_kegyelem
11_auf_takt
12_peace_won't_come
13_ellenbogen
14_controlled_revolt
15_küldetés
16_waiting_for_the_next_resource_driven_war
17_a_left_to_die_[remix]
18_felülnézet
19_battle_hymn
20_utópium
21_a_tükör
22_was_ein_kind_gesagt_bekommt
23_apathetic_[featuring_mc_501]
24_last_beats_lost_hearts

Bandcamp

Das_programm is a socially aware music project aiming to support the movements of the exploited and oppressed. All money donated by listeners go to support refugees' and migrant workers' struggles in europe.

...das_programm has been creating for a few years but only since 2015 active as a live act, having played some shows at mostly experimental electronic music events. it consists of a person (on vocals plus programming) and a computer (generating sounds).

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About the blog

First of all: there's probably a lot of broken English on this blog. Hope it isn't that bad, at least I'm trying to do my best. Feel free to point me to any of my mistakes, if there are any. -B.K.

If you're playing in a band and want to see your music featured on our blog - just send a download link of your demo to us:

- oiseau [@] riseup [.] net - for basically anything RABM-related, but she is generally interested in atmospheric, depressive, and post-BM stuff, as well as the projects from Latin America (and Mexico in particular).

- vlvlato [@] riseup [.] net for any anarcho-friendly metal and metallic hardcore. This address is also to be used if you want to take part in a benefit compilation by TDSAU collective (example).

- rabmblog [@] gmail [.] com for all matters other than demo submission (link exchange, reporting dead links, takedown requests, etc.)

Make sure to include the following information:

- band name, release name/year, country of origin, album cover image (or at least band photo or logo);

- track listing (properly numbered);

- preferably a full release (not samples or streaming) in mp3/m4a/ogg (128kbps or higher bitrate). You may use any free filesharing site (preferably Mediafire) to host your files; or you can use Bandcamp (but then make sure your release is available for free download). *** NO LARGE ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!!! ***;

- any other info about you and your release (links to any sites related to your band, release notes, etc.);

- reason why you want your music to be featured on our blog (note that it's not just another metal blog, and even if your band is apolitical, it still should be somehow in the spirit of RABM movement).

Most of the uploads here are band sanctioned. Anyway, if you for some reason don't want to see your music here, contact us via email (rabmblog [@] gmail [.] com), and we'll consider taking it down.

If you wish to become a contributor for this blog, send a message to rabmblog [@] gmail [.] com. The obvious requirements are: being supportive of the RABM movement, good proficiency in English, and willingness to review lots of albums on a regular basis.

FAQ

Q.: Which kinds of music are featured on this blog?

A.: - (primarily) RABM or Red & Anarchist Black Metal: all kinds of black metal-related music charged with radical leftist (anarchist, libertarian socialist, eco-anarchist, etc.) political views. Some of the bands featured here may be not openly political, but all of them are RABM-friendly;

- blackened crust/hardcore/punk (only if it's openly RABM-friendly, or if it's just very good music; we have no intention to collect here all the blackened punk in existence);

- other kinds of political (anarchist, socialist, etc.) metal - death, thrash, post-metal, etc.;

- dark ambient, neofolk, industrial, dark electro, etc. - but only if it has some RABM-friendly ideology;

- regular punk/hardcore/crust, post-rock, conscious hip-hop, etc. - but only as a rare exception (so if you want to send us a demo in one of these genres, you're probably in the wrong place).

Q.: What are some RABM/blackened crust bands to start listening from?

A.: Here's an old compilation which I (B.K.) made in late 2009. Doesn't include a lot of good RABM bands that I didn't know of back then, but still recommended if you're new to RABM:

Check out this list as well, or this one.

Q.: How can I support a particular RABM band with my money?

A.: Most bands nowadays have a bandcamp page, where you can but their stuff online (usually for an arbitrary price). It's the most convinient way to support the band. If your favourite band don't have a bandcamp or bigcartel page, try to find out in which distro you can find their albums/merch. Of course, go to concerts if you have such opportunity.

Q.: How can I offer my financial support to this blog, or the RABM movement in general?

A.: Unfortunately right we don't have an opportunity to accept donations, but we hope we'll be able to set it up soon.

Q.: What is the connection between black metal and hardcore/punk/crust?

A.: It's a well-established fact that the connection between black metal and punk scenes existed since the early days of BM (think Venom, early Bathory, early Mayhem and early Sodom on one side, and Amebix, Discharge and Axegrinder on another). Recently this mix of BM and hardcore punk got a new life in the form of blackened crust (thanks to Black Kronstadt / Iskra in first place). And don't forget about Cascadian black metal bands with their radical environmentalist ideology, often to the extent of radical eco-anarchism or "pro-nature/anti-humanity" ideas.

Q.: What's your main ideology?

A.: This blog is generally written from a position of anarchism without adjectives; however, the RABM scene is very diverse ideologically. Let us end on this, as this blog isn't quite a right place for purely political debates; if you want to learn or argue about anarchism/other ideologies, there's a lot of specialized FAQs/blogs/forums for you.

Q.: Isn't black metal supposed to be apolitical?

A.: Supposed by whom? I personally don't think so, but if you think that political awareness should have no place in "true" black metal, you can feel free to call the bands featured on here "blackened punk" or whatever you want. It should be noted, though, that a lot of these bands doesn't openly talk about politics in their lyrics, exactly because they think it wouldn't be suitable for black metal. - B.K.

Q.: Isn't RABM just an "answer" to NSBM?

A.: While RABM is definitely against NSBM and any other kind of far-right crap in metal scene, it's most emphatically a self-sufficient movement and not any kind of "answer to NSBM". Similarly, while RABM is 100% pro liberation from any kinds of religious tyranny, it isn't a movement against any particular religion (Christianity, Islam, or any other).

Q.: What's your opinion on Satanism?

A.: The so-called "Hollywood Satanism", which is often found in black metal, is, in our opinion, nothing more than inverted Christianity, so we aren't big on it. Many of us are simply atheists, pagans of all kinds, gnostics, etc. We also don't share the notion that only genuine theistic Satanists / Devil-worshippers can play "real" black metal (this would exclude such bands as Venom, Bathory, Immortal, Summoning, and many many others). Additionally, the very term "Satanism" is quite vague, and can't be narrowed down to LaVeyan Satanism (which is heavily disliked by many black metallers), or whatever else. LaVey had some good points, but in general his philosophy can be described just as "Ayn Rand with some occult tinge".

Q.: What about misanthropy and nihilism?

A.: To put it in short: we don't hate everyone and everything (and we don't think there's anyone who truly does). We just hate these traits of humanity which make true anarchist society most likely infeasible in the foreseeable future.

Q.: Collectivism or individualism?

A.: There actually is no "hard" contradiction between these two terms. Individualism is simply an outlook emphasizes the moral worth of the individual and its right not to be oppressed by the state or some social group. It doesn't contradict at all with standing up for your rights along with a group of like-minded individuals. It also worth noting that the early black metal scene didn't promote individualism that much (see "black metal circles").

Q.: Who coined the term "RABM"?

A.: Hard to say, but there's an apparent similarity to RASH ("Red & Anarchist Skinheads"). Here's the very first mention of "RABM" we could find (August 2005). The term was popularized by our last.fm group (and later - by this blog) since 2009.

Q.: Do you know the ideology of the band X? It isn't obvious if they're NSBM or not...

A.: Sorry, we don't know, do your own research. It's often hard to say anything certain about a band's views, if the members themselves aren't open about it. We also don't advice using various "lists of nazi bands" etc. as a reference, as most of them are full of bullshit. Similarly, forum posts or blog comments (especially anonymous ones) generally aren't a reliable source for anything. In one particular case, we had an anonymous comment claiming that the members of Timebomb are now playing in a fascist band called SPQR. Later it turned out that it were members of a completely other Italian band with a similar name (Timebombs). Hopefully that'd be a good example of how important fact-checking is.

Q.: I've seen some of the albums posted here in the same distro with some albums by right-leaning bands...

A.: Unfortunately it's often the case with distros and labels that distribute stuff regardless of its political affiliation. Even Austin Lunn of Panopticon complained about Pagan Flames (the label which released his "Collapse" and "Social Disservices" LPs) having NSBM in their distro, so things like these are just unavoidable.

Q.: Some bands on this blog have Burzum on their list on influences. Isn't Varg Vikernes a nazi?

A.: See a good comment on this matter here.

Q.: Can I use some materials from this blog on my site?

A.: Of course you're welcome to do so (unless otherwise is specified), as we're against copyrights.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Pradera - "Maldita Ciudad" (2017)

Friday, January 27, 2017

Wind in his hair - "Earthwrecker" (2017)

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Infantile Dissention - Inordinate Deathrock Discord (2016)

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Fajro Greka - "Kapitalo Estas Dio" (2016)

Sunday, December 25, 2016

PORNOSTROIKA DADAIFI - Η ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΙΝΩΤΑΥΡΟΥ (2016)

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Resurgo - "V zajetí myšlenek" (2016)

Trauma 84 - "Demo" (2016)

Monday, November 28, 2016

Mass Drivers - "So much death" (2016)

Minerva Superduty - "Gorod Zero" (2016)

Das_programm - "[08_15]" (2016)

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