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Skin Like Iron & NAILS Set To Release Split 7” EP

Filed Under: General News, Upcoming releases

Nov.29, 2011

With 2012 already showing positive signs of being another solid year for music (new Ihsahn album!), the year just got better. Late yesterday I came across this amazing bit of news regarding two bands that get my ears all a flutter. But rather than boring you with my thoughts on the matter (for the record, I’m as giddy as a school girl for this), I’ll just let the following paragraphs enlighten you all to the wonderful news! Of course, this is solely based on if you enjoy either of these bands. For those that do, read on…

NAILS and SKIN LIKE IRON Split

Taken from earsplitcompound.com

Bringing two energetic but diversified contemporary hardcore acts together in one pure and primal slab of wax, NAILS and SKIN LIKE IRON will collaboratively self-release a split 7” EP this January.

San Francisco’s SKIN LIKE IRON have already become a well-known entity in modern hardcore with nearly ten releases on such admirable dissident hardcore labels as Six Feet Under and React Records. The split leads off with two tracks of their melodic, yet abrasive hardcore, boasting an ambitious and emotive energy that many similar contemporary acts lack in severely.

The B-side of this crushing joint venture is owned by NAILS, hailing from Oxnard, California (the same town as the legendary Dr. Know), and undoubtedly one of the most devastating acts within the present expanses of hardcore. As on their Southern Lord debut LP Unsilent Death NAILS get in, kill, and get out, just as fans expect on these two tracks, which are in fact a preview of what is to be expected of their upcoming full-length, now being constructed for release via Southern Lord in the first half of 2012.

This one-time pressing of 1000 copies will be split between a publicly available reserve of 900 copies on black wax and 100 copies on blue, available from the bands only. The artwork was handled by SKIN LIKE IRON’s Alex Capasso who has handled the art duties for previous releases for the band.

Stay tuned for preorder info, an exclusive stream of the release and more in the weeks ahead.

SKIN LIKE IRON & NAILS Split 7” Track Listing:
1. Skin Like Iron “Disappear”
2. Skin Like Iron “The Parade”
3. Nails “Annihilation”
4. Nails “Cry Wolf”

Now unless you live under a rock and haven’t heard either of these bands, then I suggest, nay, I demand you click the link and feast you ears upon some gnarly tunes…

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Tags: NAILS, Skin Like Iron

All Pigs Must Die – God Is War

Filed Under: Reviews

Oct.04, 2011

All Pigs Must Die

God Is War

01. Death Dealer
02. Pulverization
03. Sacrosanct
04. God Is War
05. The Blessed Void
06. Third World Genocide
07. Extinction Is Ours
08. Sadistic Vindicator

My first run in with All Pigs Must Die came about during a recent gig which involved them and Trap Them playing a ‘versus set’ where they would switch out every few songs and alternate periodically. With only low quality footage available online, it was doomed to only be documented with a hugely over driven sound that meant everything became a smear of distortion. So, in the end, both bands sounded extremely similar… Thankfully, due to the wonders of modern technology in being able to take a snapshot of a bands sound at any time (in this case, in the form of recent release God Is War) we can now all bear witness to the fact that in the studio both bands sound extremely similar…

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Tags: All Pigs Must Die, Ben Koller, black breath, Converge, Darker Handcraft, Entombed, Eyehategod, God Is War, NAILS, Trap Them

Dead In The Dirt – Fear

Filed Under: Reviews

Sep.30, 2011

Dead In The Dirt

Fear

01. The Screaming Wind
02. Bastards of the Bleak
03. Disease
04. Two Flames
05. Burden of Life
06. Can They Suffer
07. Biting at the Binds
08. Sever the Tie
09. Skin Graft
10. Fear

[9/27/11]
[Southern Lord Recordings]

In a year that has seen its fair share of clean, crisp and well polished albums, I find that with each passing month I’ve slowly been drifting away from all of that. It’s not that I have any qualms with the way an album sounds or is produced; I was just missing that raw and unbridled feeling that truly captures the essence of a band. Most albums nowadays are sounding way over polished and mechanical, and in doing so, kill any actual feeling and connection between the band and the listener. Of course, this is purely opinion as it’s different for everyone, and in my case I found what I was looking for in the raw, filthy and aggressive noise-fest that is dead in the dirt.

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Tags: dead in the dirt, Fear, NAILS, Rotten Sound, Southern Lord Recordings, Trap Them

Hey! Listen to Scapegoat!

Filed Under: Audio, Listen To This!

Jun.10, 2011

Scapegoat

If you’re into the hardcore/punk/powerviolence sound and dig such bands as NAILS, Trap Them, and Baptists, then I suggest you waste no time in checking out Scapegoat. Over the past year and half I’ve found myself getting back into this style of music and Scapegoat are not only a welcome surprise, but a great addition to my album collection. I’m just completely blown away by their self-titled LP, hell, to be perfectly blunt, their album fucking rips! It’s 20 tracks of fast, aggressive and unrelenting music that any fan of this genre is sure to enjoy.

As of now their LP is only available on vinyl and it can be purchased through the Painkiller Records website for only $11.

Luckily though, most of the songs from their LP are up on YouTube for your listening pleasure, so be sure to check out the ones I posted after the jump. But be warned, you might spontaneously start punching things…

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Tags: Baptists, NAILS, painkiller records, Scapegoat, Trap Them

Listen To This: Losing Skin!

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

Jun.02, 2011

Good ol’ Facebook, a site that has become the main stomping ground for an endless amount of bands to check out and listen too. Even better, if they happen to tickle your fancy, you might just feel compelled to click that “Like” button and not only show your appreciation for said band, but have the chance to interact and get up to date news from actual members of the band. Well, that appears to be the case with Losing Skin, a metallic hardcore band based out of Spokane, WA, who formed in May of 2009 and feature former members of Behold and Whalelimb.

Losing Skin

I came across their album Old Wounds on a music blog, decided to check it out, liked what I heard and proceeded to search for them on Facebook. Their sound resembles that of Integrity, Rise and Fall and NAILS, so I was pretty much hooked right away. Not only does the album sound great, but it’s absolutely free to download on their Bandcamp page! Now that’s pretty killer!

Oh and for you vinyl nuts, they will also be releasing a one-time pressing of 100 copies of their album Old Wounds on vinyl in July. No other details have been posted, so be sure to keep checking their Facebook page for more information. Click the image below to hear some gnarly tunage…

-DA

Tags: Integrity, Losing Skin, NAILS, Old Wounds, Rise and Fall

Meek Is Murder – Algorithms

Filed Under: Reviews

Mar.29, 2011

Meek Is Murder

Algorithms

01. Hello, World!
02. Return Void
03. Algorithms
04. Recursions
05. (null)
06. Hope Springs Eternal (Spaghetti Code)
07. Sundowners
08. foo
09. Dining Philosophers
10. Garbage Collector

[03/22/11]
[Self-Released/Metalsucks]

As soon as the piercing feedback and subsequent hellish dirge of opening track “Hello, World!” erupts from your speakers, it becomes abundantly clear; Meek is Murder is the powerful return of the mathcore aesthetic done right. Sounding like Nails fronted by The Chariot’s Josh Scogin, Algorithms is so good that you can pretend Norma Jean never found out about Warped Tour and instead decided that a path of righteous technical showmanship and a steamroller of hardcore assault was the better way to go.

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Tags: Converge, Meek is Murder, NAILS, Norma Jean, The Chariot, The Red Chord

Nails Post Video For “Conform” And “Scum Will Rise“

Filed Under: Video

Mar.28, 2011

It’s a fairly straight forward affair but my god does it capture the intensity of the songs perfectly! Nails is a band I have to see live one day!

On another note, the video is funded by Scion. The money they shelled out for this was most likely shrapnel to them, however after the initial anti-corporate knee jerk reaction I had like many others, I’m starting to welcome their presence in the metal world. At the most cynical end of the spectrum at least they’re choosing great bands to help shift their crap.

-DL

Tags: NAILS

Scion Rock Fest News Abound!

Filed Under: General News

Jan.12, 2011

The PRP have been busy reporting news about the upcoming Scion Rock Fest, and like the musical vulture that I am (think The Beatles’ cameo in The Jungle Book, only less Mancunian and more distortion) I’ve compiled what I can find here for you in one bite-sized place – so if we’re carrying on the vulture analogy it’s about proportionate to some kind of small rodent. Yummy.

LA Weekly has confirmed the Fox Theater and the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA as the simultaneous venues for the event, which will take place on 5th March, which is a Saturday! Hurrah!

The line-up is only rumoured at the moment, but there are some serious gems if they’re true. We’ve got the likes of:

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Tags: Agalloch, Atheist, Fuck the Facts, Kvelertak, Morbid Angel, NAILS, Scion Rock Fest 2011, Wormrot

Deathwish MMX Sampler Get

Filed Under: Downloads, General News, Video

Apr.13, 2010

Deathwish Inc., label of Converge frontman Jacob Bannon, has today posted their 2010 sampler.

It contains a shitload (accurate to the nearest Couric) of tracks (34 to be precise), many of which are previously unreleased, and totals over two hours of music.

Also included are two video trailers: on for Integrity‘s Invocation of the Blackest Curse from The Blackest Curse CD/LP, and one for Converge’s upcoming Thousands of Miles Between Us Live DVD, which I’ve kindly posted below.

Can’t wait for that one.

Shit’s also free. Always good.

Tracklisting and links below.

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Tags: Converge, Deathwish, Doomriders, Jacob Bannon, NAILS, Narrows, United Nations

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.