Disgrace Streaming True Enemy In Entirety

Posted on March 21, 2015 by newsteam

Southern California death metal infused hardcore outfit Disgrace will release their debut album True Enemy on March 24, 2015 via Closed Casket Activities and are streaming it below.

Since their 2011 incarnation, Disgrace has released the brutal Songs Of Suffering 12″ EP and a split 7″ with Harness, but the band now grabs the scene by the throat with their mammoth True Enemy debut LP, delivering their dynamic and demoralizing brew of hook-laden, infectious, death metal-infused hardcore with more persuasive power than ever. Recorded and produced at The Pit in Van Nuys, California by vocalist Taylor Young and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Integrity, Nails, Blacklisted), on True Enemy the band’s venomous elements align into one of the most punishing and contagious releases of the year, heavily due to the empowering and clever riffage of guitarist Kyle Thomas.

They will be out on the True Enemy tour in April on a run of dates, which is posted below.

DISGRACE The True Enemy Tour:
Apr 12: Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY
Apr 13: Bogies – Albany, NY
Apr 14: Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC
Apr 15: SHIBGB’s – Toronto, ON
Apr 16: Ocean Garden – Buffalo, NY
Apr 17: The Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Nails, Incendiary)
Apr 18: The Palladium – Worcester, MA (New England Metal & Hardcore Fest)

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Gust Streaming “Reality Chokes” Music Video

Posted on March 17, 2015 by newsteam

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Trollhättan, Sweden’s disparaged hardcore crust outfit Gust is streaming their first official music video for “Reality Chokes,” directed by Jimmy Olausson and is out via Southern Lord. Watch it below.

Gust released their self-titled, sophomore LP via Southern Lord in September 2014, a breakneck, nearly half-hour-long album displaying a unique style of crust-infused hardcore and talented songwriting from the young act. Self-recorded at Fvck Life Studios, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Warcry, From Ashes Rise, Deathreat) at Audiosiege, who also supplies guest vocals, Gust is a crushing and dynamic album where the band unleashes a maelstrom of cutting edge demolition, with cerebral elements continually emerging from the shadows with an almost ethereal effect. Fans of Cursed, Oathbreaker, Rise And Fall, and now-labelmates The Secret, Baptists and Dead In The Dirt will no doubt find themselves addicted to the band’s harsh output. Stream all of Gust and order the digital and/or blood red vinyl below.

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Reunited Skinless Releasing Only The Ruthless Remain on June 2nd

Posted on March 16, 2015 by newsteam

Reunited New York death metallers Skinless will be releasing their first new studio offering in nearly a decade titled Only The Ruthless Remain, out via Relapse Records on June 2nd, 2015 in North America (June 1st in the UK/EU and May 29th in DE/Benelux/Finland).

Skinless was forged in 1992 by guitarist Noah Carpenter with one goal: to be the heaviest band in creation. Following a variety of personnel changes and two demos, Skinless established a solid, dedicated lineup from 1997-2001 in the form of Carpenter, vocalist Sherwood Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac. This version of the band would later become known as the “classic” lineup.

Recorded by Tom Case at Edie Road Studio and Doomsday Bunker Studio, both in upstate New York, with vocals tracked by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Primitive Man etc.) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Nails, Integrity etc.) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon, Only The Ruthless Remain boasts seven tracks of their signature fusion of punishing, concussively heavy grooves and surgically precise, blasting severity. Only The Ruthless Remain is poised to stand among the most sadistic yet addictive death metal offerings of the year.

Comments the band,

“Stockpile your beers, gather your minions, it’s time to get RUTHLESS.”

The band has a couple of upcoming live appearances:

May 21: Maryland Deathfest @ Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
Jun 21: Hellfest Open Air – Clisson (FR)

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Poison Idea Streaming “Bog,” Upcoming Tour Dates

Posted on March 12, 2015 by newsteam

Portland hardcore punk heroes Poison Idea is streaming “Bog”, off their upcoming album Confuse & Conquer, out April 7, 2015 via Southern Lord, here.

This is the first album since the passing of their former guitarist Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts, and 2006’s Latest Will and Testament. Eleven brand new anthems for the degenerate masses surge with thirty-five minutes of nonstop action on the new LP, its recording handled in their hometown by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust) and mastered by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise) at Audiosiege in late 2014. Confuse & Conquer‘s opening shredder, “Bog,” sets everything in its path ablaze with the nonstop energetic pummeling punk assault the band has infamously assaulted the planet with for three-and-a-half decades, proving that absolutely nothing can stop this legendary act and all attempts are a futile waste of time.

Confuse & Conquer Track Listing:
01. Bog
02. Me & JD
03. Psychic Wedlock
04. Hypnoptic (alternate version)
05. Trip Wire
06. I Never Heard Of You
07. Cold Black Afternoon
08. Rhythms Of Insanity
09. Dead Cowboy
10. Beautiful Disaster
11. Reprise

POISON IDEA Tour Dates:
Mar 12: The Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
Mar 13: Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
Mar 14: The Loving Touch – Ferndale, MI (Berserker Fest II)
Apr 17: Schaubude – Kiel (DE)
Apr 18: 1000Fyrd – Aalborg (DE)
Apr 19: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 20: Little Devil – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 21: Willemeen – Arnhem (NL)
Apr 22: AU – Frankfurt (DE)
Apr 23: Chez Heinz – Hannover (DE)
Apr 24: Wild At Heart – Berlin( DE)
Apr 25: Luka – Lodz (PL)
Apr 27: Alte Malzerei – Regensburg (DE)
Apr 28: Exit Us – Prague (CZ)
Apr 29: Explosiv – Graz (AU)
Apr 30: Arena – Vienna (AU)
May 01: Unterhund – Ormoz (SL)
May 02: Kaleidos – Poviglio (IT)
May 03: Traffic Club – Rome (IT)
May 04: Border – Torino (IT)
May 05: Between – Bregenz (AT)
May 06: Mecanique Ondulatoire – Paris (FR)
May 07: Borderline – London (UK)
May 08: The Doghouse – Nottingham (UK)
May 09: The Black Bull – Gateshead (UK)
May 10: Audio – Glasgow (UK)
May 11: Star & Garter – Manchester (UK)
May 12: Adam And Eve Pub – Birmingham (UK)
May 13: The Exchange – Bristol (UK)
May 14: The Owl Sanctuary – Norwich (UK)
May 15: Het Bos – Antwerp (BE)
May 16:MTC – Cologne (DE)
May 23: Dante’s – Portland, OR *Record Release Show (w/ The Derelicts, Exacerbators)
Jun 12: 924 Gilman – Berkeley, CA
Jun 13: Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA
Jun 14: You Revolution – Tijuana (MX)
Jun 16: TBA – Long Beach, CA
Jun 17: Jerrys Pizza – Bakersfield, CA
Jun 18: TBA – Fresno, CA
Jun 19: The Blue Lamp – Sacramento, CA
Jun 20: 755 After Dark – Petaluma, CA
Jun 25: Dadas – Dallas, TX
Jun 26: Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX
Jun 27: Red 7 – Austin, TX

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Die Choking Recording Debut Full Length Album

Posted on March 8, 2015 by newsteam

Joshua Cohen of Die Choking. Photo Credit: Charlie Gibb

Philadelphia thrash-grindcore trio Die Choking has completed writing 13 new songs and will be entering Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA in early April to begin recording their debut full length with producer Will Yip (Lauryn Hill, Circa Survive, Blacklisted, Cop Problem). Stream the video with band drummer Joshua Cohen (also of Cop Problem) here.

Stream the music video for “Tonsil” below.

Die Choking shoved their second EP of hyperactive, earthmoving grind/thrash down the world’s collective throat, with II. Comprised of members previously/currently hailing from other acts Total Fucking Destruction, Cop Problem, Burden and more, the band follows up their self-titled debut EP with another five tracks in less than six minutes, the material swarming with even more enraged and psychotic songwriting, and more of an ominous powerviolence approach, while stepping things up in the songwriting department and delivery on all levels. II was recorded and mixed at Mark It Zero Studios with Dan O’Hare (Brutal Truth) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Tragedy, Baptists, Code Orange Kids) at Audiosiege. The 7″ is 300 copies on vibrant red vinyl, each copy joined by a document that function’s as a real, personal Living Will, in the theme of the closing track, “Tonsil.” Fans of Wormrot, Brutal Truth, Human Remains, Magrudergrind and Noisear don’t walk away without it.

The band has a string of upcoming live dates:

Mar 26: Main Manor – New Castle, DE (w/ Artificial Brain, Traitor, Wojtek, Vicious Embrace)
Mar 27: Ottobar – Baltimore, MD (w/ Artificial Brain, Mother Brain, Kreig, Occult 45) – all ages
Mar 28: The Shop – Pittsburgh, PA – all ages (w/ Artificial Brain, Dendritic Arbor, Meth Quarry)
Mar 29: The Meatlocker – Monclair, NJ – all ages (w/ Artificial Brain, Organ Dealer, Sunrot)
Apr 25: Ortleibs – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Starkweather, Darkside NYC, Edgewise, Dysphoria)
May 01: TBA – Milwaukee, WI (w/ No Brainer)
May 02: No Tomorrow Fest – Appleton, WI (w/ MDC, Hemdale, Sick/Tired, Tenement, Cloud Rat)
May 03: TBA – Chicago, IL
May 14: Lucky 13 – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Fantasy Panther, Scowl)
May 15: TBA – New England, MA
May 16: TBA – New England, MA

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Usnea Supporting Ufomammut North American Tour

Posted on March 2, 2015 by newsteam

Portland, OR sludge/doom rockers Usnea has been confirmed as the sole support act for Ufomammut’s first ever North American tour this Spring. They are touring in support of their Relapse Records debut Random Cosmic Violence, out now.

Recorded and mixed by Jared “Fester” See at Haywire Studios (Nux Vomica, Stoneburner, Rabbits) who supplies additional guitars to the title track, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Yob, High On Fire, Integrity), through their overwhelming black/occult metal-influenced funeral doom, Usnea has created a classic of the new millennium with Random Cosmic Violence.

USNEA Tour Dates:
Mar 07: Obsidian – Olympia, WA (w/ Eusapia, A God Or An Other, Eye of Nix)
Mar 26: Blackwater Bar – Portland, OR (w/ Deathgrave, Augurs, Shroud of the Heretic)
May 08: High Water Mark – Portland, OR (* tour kick-off w/ Eye of Nix, Hiding, Shine of the Serpent)
May 09: Crazy Horse – Boise, ID
May 10: Metro Bar – Salt Lake City, UT (w/ Odium Totus)
May 11: Lost Lake – Denver, CO (w/ Inter Arma, Yautja, Prison Death)
May 12: TBA – Lawrence, KS
USNEA North America Spring 2015 w/ Ufomammut:
May 13: Reggie’s – Chicago, IL
May 14: Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
May 15: Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
May 16: Mod Club – Toronto, ON
May 17: Le Ritz – Montreal, QC
May 18/2015 Middle East Upstairs – Boston, MA [no Ufomammut]
May 19: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY
May 20: Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
May 21: Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD [no Usnea]
May 22: King’s – Raleigh, NC
May 23: Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
May 24: HiTone Café – Memphis, TN [no Ufomammut]
May 25: Siberia – New Orleans, LA
May 26: Walter’s – Houston, TX
May 27: Red 7 – Austin, TX
May 29: Sister – Albuquerque, NM
May 30: Flycatcher – Tucson, AZ
May 31: Complex – Los Angeles, CA
Jun 01: TBA – Los Osos, CA [no Ufomammut]
Jun 02: Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 03: Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA
Jun 04: Press Club – Sacramento, CA
Jun 05: WOW Hall – Eugene, OR [no Usnea]
Jun 06: Rotture – Portland, OR
Jun 07: Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
Jun 08: Neurolux – Boise, ID
Jun 09: Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 10: Hi-Dive – Denver, CO
Jun 11: TBA – Lincoln, NE [no Ufomammut]
Jun 12: Turf Club – St Paul, MN
Jun 13: Metal Grill – Milwaukee, WI

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Disgrace Book April East Coast Dates, Streaming “Uncreation”

Posted on February 22, 2015 by newsteam

Disgrace. Photo Credit: Miguel Del Angel

Southern California hardcore stalwerts Disgrace have booked an East Coast US tour for mid-April, with dates posted below. Stream “Uncreation,” off of True Enemy, out March 24, 2015 via Closed Casket Activities,
here.

Disgrace will strike out at backstabbers, cowards and religious zealots with pure fury through one of the most infectious, groove-heavy, death-influenced hardcore records in recent times with True Enemy. Featuring members of Nails, Creatures, Forced Order, and four-fifths of Twitching Tongues, Disgrace devastates with harshness of masters Merauder, Cold As Life and All Out War, yet taking on metallic attributes of early Bolt Thrower, Celtic Frost, Cannibal Corpse and Sepultura, delivering a modern, punishing metallic groove. Disgrace will now grab the scene by its throat with their debut LP, produced and recorded at The Pit in Van Nuys, California by vocalist Taylor Young (also of Nails, Twitching Tongues), and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Integrity, Nails, Blacklisted). True Enemy‘s thirty-four minutes of executioner style metallic hardcore have been shrouded in appropriately grim cover art by legendary artist Dan Seagrave.

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Poison Idea Releasing Confuse and Conquer April 7th

Posted on February 14, 2015 by newsteam

Poison Idea is releasing Confuse & Conquer, their first new album since 2006’s Latest Will and Testament, out April 7, 2015 via Southern Lord Recordings.

Soaking up respect from generations of hardcore punks and dishing none out, the dastardly denizens of mid-paced punk shred are in trademark form on Confuse & Conquer. With longstanding members Jerry A (vocals), Eric “The Vegetable” Olsen (guitar) and Chris “Spider” Carey (bass) alloyed by the fresh faces of Nathan “Skinny” Richardson (drums) and Brandon Bentley (guitar), POISON IDEA’s brand new full-length proves itself both identifiable and rewarding to listeners who have encountered them at any point from their 1980 birth onwards. Inventive beyond its steadfast roots, yet altogether as blunt as a stagediver’s knee hurtling towards your face, Confuse & Conquer sees the band wasting not a single second on non-music activities, riding high on this wave of creativity. Their forceful hardcore pummel is underwritten with dark humor, rage, disdain, and moments of real melancholy well beyond the usual remit of the genre, but it’s to be expected of Portland’s nihilistic champions, proudly unaligned with any other sound out there. They were there at the beginning and they’ll be there at the end, and in the meantime they have a lot more punk rock left to produce.

Confuse & Conquer was recorded in their hometown by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust) and mastered by Brad Boatright (From Ashes Rise) at Audiosiege over the closing few months of 2014, and will see release via Southern Lord on the 7th of April on CD, LP and digital formats. Additionally, expanded reissues of seminal POISON IDEA titles War All The Time, Feel The Darkness and more are also in the works for the coming years.

Southern Lord Recordings owner Greg Anderson issued on the signing and upcoming album, “I’ve been a rabid POISON IDEA fiend ever since seeing them decimate the legendary Gorilla Gardens in Seattle in 1985. Having the opportunity to work with this legendary band all these years later is an inexplicable honor.”

Formed in 1980, POISON IDEA became a household name in the hardcore/punk scenes early in their career, and are known as one of the most notoriously in-your-face acts in the American musical underworld, with an enraged, high-energy live set even more rambunctious than the massive roster of singles, EPs, full-length studio and live releases and more, across a realm of labels including Pusmort, Alchemy, American Leather, Bitzcore, Tim/Kerr, Taang!, Farewell, TKO, Southern Lord, Candlelight, and their own Fatal Erection. They’ve been an incredibly influential act to major performers including Nirvana, Pantera, Napalm Death, Machine Head, Eyehategod, Emperor, Turbonegro and an endless list of others.

POISON IDEA Tour Dates:
Mar 11-14: The Loving Touch – Ferndale, MI @ Berserker Fest II
Apr 17: Schaubude – Kiel (DE)
Apr 18: 1000Fyrd – Aalborg (DE)
Apr 19: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 20: Little Devil – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 21: Willemeen – Arnhem (NL)
Apr 22: TBA – Frankfurt (DE)
Apr 23: Chez Heinz – Hannover (DE)
Apr 24: Wild At Heart – Berlin (DE)
Apr 25: Luka – Lodz (PL)
Apr 27: Alte Malzerei – Regensburg (DE)
Apr 28: Exit Us – Prague (CZ)
Apr 29: Explosiv – Graz (AU)
Apr 30: Arena – Vienna (AU)
May 01: Unterhund – Ormoz (SL)
May 02: Kaleidos – Poviglio (IT)
May 03: Traffic Club – Rome (IT)
May 04: Border – Torino (IT)
May 05: Between – Bregenz (AT)
May 06: Ondulatoire – Paris (FR)
May 07: Borderline – London (UK)
May 08: The Doghouse – Nottingham (UK)
May 09: The Black Bull – Gateshead (UK)
May 10: Audio – Glasgow (UK)
May 12: Adam And Eve Pub – Birmingham (UK)
May 13: The Exchange – Bristol (UK)
May 14: The Owl Sanctuary – Norwich (UK)
May 15: Het Bos – Antwerp (BE)
May 16: MTC – Cologne (DE)

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Discourse Streaming Sanity Decays

Posted on February 11, 2015 by newsteam

Discourse is streaming their debut album Sanity Decays, out now via Closed Casket Activities, here.

Check out previously featured “Cure”, featuring Thomas Pearson of Foundation here, and “Time Pries” here.

Sanity Decays‘ ten vigorous tracks boast Columbia, South Carolina-based hardcore outfit DISCOURSE’s refreshing hybrid of jagged hardcore, citing the likes of purveyors Turmoil, Indecision and Buried Alive, with a vibrant approach that breathes furious punk rock energy with enraged, modern sensibilities. Recorded with Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos) at Bricktop Recording Studio in Chicago, and the vocals captured at The Jam Room with Jay Matheson in the band’s hometown, Sanity Decays was mixed by Nelson and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Integrity, Nails, Tragedy), and bears cover art by Jesse Schaller (Skeletonwitch, Xibalba, Suburban Scum).

Apr 17: The Palladium – Worcester, MA @ New England Metal & Hardcore Fest

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ZEX Streaming “Wanderlust”

Posted on January 14, 2015 by newsteam

Ottawa punk quartet ZEX is streaming “Wanderlust”, off their debut album Fight For Yourself, out February 3, 2015 via Magic Bullet Records, here. The recorded by Paul Yogi Granger at Meatlocker Studio in Ottawa and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland.

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