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Agoraphobic Nosebleed & Despise You – And On And On…

Filed Under: Reviews

Jun.27, 2011

Agoraphobic Nosebleed & Despise You

And On And On…

Despise You

Bereft
Repeat Until You Fail
Roll Call
3.26.00
Three Day Hold
Yes Officer / No Officer
Fear’s Song
Two Or Ten Faces
Shit Goes In, Shit Comes Out
You Can’t Fix Me, Don’t Trip
Painted Gray
All The Regimes You Hold Most Dear
Destinial
Bankrupt Social Code
Seven Funerals
They All Died Is What Happened
…And Expirations
Ceder Ave. (Was The Best Place To Watch People Ascent To Heaven)

Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Half Dead
As Bad As It Is…
Miscommunication
Los Infernos
Ungrateful
Possession
Burlap Sack

The inherent reason to release a split is normally to combine the fanbases and half the recording costs. In the modern internet run age we live in, surely the split is dead. Anyone can start a home studio and teach themselves how to get a fairly respectable sound out of mediocre equipment in a matter of years and any fan who wants to learn of similar bands will more likely trawl through Facebook or Bandcamp pages than buy a split released by an already respectable band. But Agoraphobic Nosebleed were never one to abide by fan expectation. So a split with the long slumbering powerviolence outfit Despise You should be no surprise to anyone.

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Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Atari Teenage Riot, Despise You, Godflesh, Hoglust, Inerds

Weekend Homework: Who Will Be Metalsucks’ #1 Modern Metal Guitarist?

Filed Under: Interblog Bullshit, Lists!, We Ask You

Jun.03, 2011

As many of you will know, masters of all that is metal (or a stoner’s approximation of, at least) Metalsucks have been counting down a list of who they (the staff) consider to be the top 25 modern metal guitarists. Of those I know, I’ve agreed with the vast majority of inclusions, and by the time this goes to press, there should only be the number one slot left to be announced – on Monday I would presume, thanks to Labor Day this Monday just gone.

So with this weekend break in mind, we want you to don your deerstalkers and tell us, based on who has already been mentioned, who you think will be – or who you think deserves – the number one slot from Axl, Vince and co.

For your convenience, I’ve listed the entries so far below, but I’d highly recommend reading the series – they make some damn good points regarding their choices.

Sound off in the comments!

- CG

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Disfiguring the Goddess – Circle of Nine

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May.25, 2011

Disfiguring the Goddess

Circle of Nine

01. The Age of Seraphim
02. Throne of the Meek
03. Void Leacher
04. Mind Infection
05. Circle of Nine
06. Stroggos War
07. Breaching The Clone
08. Uprising
09. Klesk
10. Time Spanned

[3/29/11]
[self released]

Admittedly, I’ve never paid much attention to Cam Argon, aka “Big Chocolate“, or his various musical endeavors. I just didn’t have the bandwidth for a kid who specializes in home-made dubstep and deathcore, no matter how many people were swinging on his nuts. But 2011 has been a year of firsts for me, and I’m glad I decided to start paying attention to more artists in the ‘one man bedroom band’ genre, because there has been some fabulous music coming our way from these dudes. 2011 has already seen great releases from Keith Merrow, Paul Wardingham, Tre Watson, and Drewsif Stalin, just to name a few. I’m sure part of the reason I got interested in and became a fan of these artists is that I’ve been dabbling in the field myself. So I’ve been listening to a lot of other one man productions to kind of chart myself against the competition, so to speak. And if I’m being honest, every one of the guys I just listed makes me want to give up music and producing forever because they blow my shit out of the water. Anyway…

Now we have Big Chocolate’s full length release from his Disfiguring The Goddess project. An utterly crushing, futuristic, slamming death metal slab that is not just ‘impressive for a homegrown, self-produced project’. No sir, what we have here in Circle of Nine is an album that may be the future of death metal as we know it, and could very well be one of the final nails in the coffin of the entire deathcore genre.

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Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, big chocolate, Cam Argon, Disfiguring The Goddess, Drewsif Stalin, Keith Merrow, Paul Wardingham, Tre Watson

Shock Old Man Gloom News To Cheer Up Your Grumpy Mugs

Filed Under: Audio, Upcoming releases

May.10, 2011

Despite having been kicking around this place for the best part of eighteen months, I’ve not yet had the opportunity to blow my load over anything related to Old Man Gloom – the seminal sludge/doom band formed many a year ago by members of ISIS, Converge, Cave In and Agoraphobic Nosebleed – because they having put out a record in seven fucking years.

Fair enough – it’s a ‘sometimes’ side-project for them, and the guys have been busy. Nate Newton (guitar, vocals) and Kurt Ballou (producer) have been busy making some of the best hardcore records of the noughties, as well as the latter handling desk duties for some other brilliant releases during the same period (Kvelertak‘s recent self-titled, Doomriders, Trap Them, Genghis Tron and Beecher, to name but a few). Caleb Schofield (bass) has had his hands full reforming Cave In, and Aaron Turner (vocals, guitar) was up to his neck in ISIS.

But the planets seem to have aligned, and with everyone free (or at least semi-free), Kurt announced last night that after a massive hiatus, we can expect new material from OMG in the near future. OMG indeed.

For those unfamiliar (which may be a number of you – young whelps!), give the following tracks a listen and try not to love them. Absolutely crushing.

More after the jump, including the sublime acoustic track “Clenched Tight In The Fist Of God” and the charmingly-entitled “Rape Athena“. Maybe that’s got something to do with why she’s got white arms?

- CG

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Tags: Aaron Turner, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Caleb Schofield, Cave In, Converge, Isis, Kurt Ballou, Nate Newton, Old Man Gloom

New Agoraphobic Nosebleed Tracks Available

Filed Under: New music, Upcoming releases

Mar.07, 2011

What’s the best way to start a week? Well I can tell you the only correct answer is with some mind warping grind from Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

So in a surprisingly primitive turn of events, they’ve uploaded two new tracks to the ANb MySpace; ‘”Possession” and “Ungrateful“. The two tracks come from the upcoming split And On And On… with Despise You that comes out on the 26th of April through Relapse. Now if, like me, you were a huge fan of the new sound they took on for Agorapocalypse then you pleased to know that they seem to have carried on in that direction and I’m pretty sure I can hear vocals from Katherine Katz of Salome on “Ungrateful,” so looks like she’s a permanent member.

Also, a general plea; THIS. The songs are available on MySpace regardless of what the player says, just keep refreshing.

Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Despise You, Salome

Grindcore Karaoke Release Some Amazing Grind FOR FREE

Filed Under: Downloads, Listen To This!, New music

Feb.04, 2011

If you like grind then you probably know Jay Randall already, one of the lyrical masterminds behind cybergrind masters Agoraphobic Nosebleed but if you aren’t following his twitter you may not know about his new record label Grindcore Karaoke which releases a lot of grind/powerviolence/cybergrind stuff for free, definately a labour of love.

Honestly, I’ve never heard before of any of the bands he’s released except for Wadge, but the full list is pretty enticing just on names:

Wadge – Grindcope Lu’au
Eustachian - The Sphagnum Bog
Chulo - Odio A Primera Vista
Marion Barry - Black Power Violence
Kusari Gama Kill – Chaos Surge
Robocop - Robocop II

With upcoming releases this month from Mechabongzilla, Jet Jaguar KR- 3 Kill Spree, Maruosa (who sound amazingly intense) and Self Deconstruction. So far, Robocop is my personal favourite, I haven’t heard a powerviolence record this interesting in a long time and I think it’s electronic/cybergrind influences that really make the record. Plus, there’s a Napalm Death cover! So if you have an interest in filthy grind or anything of the sort then definately check this stuff out because a) there’s some real gems here and b) IT’S FREE.

- DL

Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Chulo, Eustachian, Jet Jaguar KR-3 Kill Spree, Kusari Gama Kill, Marion Barry, Maruosa, Mechabongzilla, napalm death, Robocop, Self Deconstruction, Wadge

Salome – Terminal

Filed Under: Reviews

Nov.15, 2010

Salome

Terminal

01. The Message
02. Terminal
03. Master Failure
04. Epidemic
05. An Accident of History
06. The Witness
09. The Unbelievers

[11/09/10 | Profound Lore]

I’m somewhat new into the doom/sludge metal genre. I don’t really consider it to be my favorite genre, but it is a genre I dive into on occasion. Thanks to my good buddy Jimmy (Alkahest), I recently discovered Salome, a doom metal band out of Annandale, Virginia. Salome features Katherine Katz (from Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Rob Moore, and Aaron Deal (from Nitro Tokyo). To my chagrin, a new album was released as soon as I discovered them, titled Terminal, on Profound Lore Records. To be absolutely honest, this album is the first doom album I’ve listened to straight through on multiple occasions. But it is a damn fine one.

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Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Nitro Tokyi, Salome

This Stream Kills Fascists (Volume Two)

Filed Under: Audio, Upcoming releases

Jun.17, 2010

This Comp Kills Fascists, Vol. 2, the grindcore/powerviolence/hardcore compilation assembled by Pig Destroyer/Agoraphobic Nosebleed‘s Scott Hull is now streaming above and on the official website. The compilation features 19 bands and 74 tracks (that’s grindcore for you) and will be out next Tuesday, June 22nd on Relapse Records. I’d list the bands for you, but I haven’t heard of any of them so you’re going to have to scroll through the widget about to figure that out.

- JR

Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pig Destroyer, Scott Hull

Boris

Filed Under: Audio

May.11, 2010

Killer cover, though the vocals don’t do it justice.

Also, I was unaware this album even existed.

-MW

Tags: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Boris, Bullhead, grunge, Isis, Melvins, sludge, stoner doom

NAILS’ Unsilent Death: A Review For An Album That Took Way Longer To Write Than Listen To

Filed Under: Reviews

Mar.09, 2010

Clocking in at just under 14 minutes, the new album by Southern California hardcore band NAILS is nothing short of awesome. Every one of the album’s ten tracks will pummel into you unrelentingly, as good hardcore and grindcore should. The Six Feet Under Records website describes NAILS as sounding like “Entombed covering Napalm Death and Drop Dead“, which is damn near spot on. Interesting enough, the album was recorded at Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou’s Godcity recording studio, with Kurt producing. That should already tell you that this album will be good.

The album opens to immediate chaos and aural violence with the 32 second “Conform”. The term “powerviolence” becomes perfectly clear. Before you even realize that song’s over, you’re under hell-fire with more pummeling blasts, maniacal screams, and grinding and screeching guitars that continue throughout the next three tracks, nonstop. This album doesn’t seem to want to let up.

Amidst the pissed off chants of “Suffering Soul”, NAILS step back from the chaos just a bit and play some hardcore riffs with some slower groove. Nails continues the pace into the title track “Unsilent Death”.

NAILS knows how to make 14 minutes feel like a long time, and they make good use of their time. The songs blend together seamlessly at times, giving the illusion of lasting much longer. Speaking on the album’s structure, I’d believe it if this album was written as one piece of music broken up into tracks.

The album is still pummeling away in fury like a jackhammer. A short guitar solo is thrown out in “No Servant”. Now it’s back to business as usual with “Scapegoat”, which leads into the album’s longest song and closing track “Depths”. The guitars are the main voice here. Layered screeches, noise, and feedback take over a lot of the song, creating the sonic equivalent of disaster. A considerably slower and heavy as fuck riff with proper use of pinch harmonics lead the track to close with a mood if impending doom, ending the album in guitar feedback. What a perfect closer.

NAILS – Unsilent Death is a great grind album. Although short, it does exactly what it’s supposed to. If you’re a fan of Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Napalm Death, and Brutal Truth, you need to check out NAILS right away. You can stream the tracks “Your God” and “Suffering Soul” here, as well as buying the album on preorder.