Livid "Compiled Hatred"

LP - $14.00 / CASSETTE - $6.50
STREET DATE: 11/18/22
CAT#: TG059
LABEL: Twelve Gauge

This is the latest LP release from Kenosha, WI 2-piece powerviolence outfit LIVID following up their debut "Life Is Pain, Life Is Shit" and a split with Mutilatred. The LP was mixed by Andy Nelson and mastered by Brad Boatright. Clocking in at just under 16 minutes, Compiled Hatred continues to bring to life the band's harsh, fast and loud sound that bridges hardcore, powerviolence and grind.

TRACK LISTING:

1. True Colors
2. Life Time
3. Contradiction
4. Harsh Reality
5. Say Your Goodbyes
6. Nobody's There
7. Shut Up
8. Choke
9. Ripped Apart
10. Beaten Dog

MARKETING POINTS:

• Active touring back recently completed tours with Kidnapped, World Peace, Scalp, and Twin Tombs
• Album recorded/mixed by Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege)
• Band will support LP with an upcoming unannounced tour

FOR FANS OF: Magrudergrind, Hatred Surge, Pig Destroyer

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Doodseskader "Year One"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 305390598220
STREET DATE: 11/18/22
CAT#: ISO037
LABEL: Isolation Rec.

The death squad marches on: Two years after entering the battlefield with their debut “MMXX: Year Zero”, Belgium’s Doodseskader are gearing up for their next fight with the release of their new album “Year One”.

What are they confronting? Their surroundings. Their own devils. Sometimes life itself. But while “Year Zero” showed singer/bassist Tim De Gieter (Amenra, Every Stranger Looks Like You,…) and singer/drummer Sigfried Burroughs (Kapitan Korsakov, The K., …) struggling amid the turmoil, “Year One” is a victorious testament of tackling life’s obstacles head first. “As ‘Year Zero’ mainly talked about our past and has a rather sad tone to it, ‘Year One’ is the voice of the people we are at this very moment”, the duo comments. “We’ve stood up, found solutions and tried to head toward a new way of living. It’s about growing up, fighting your demons and giving them a place to rest. Now that all of that is said, we can move on.”

Though still a relatively young band, “Year One” opens a new artistic chapter for Doodseskader – surely just one of many to come. As the 2022 standalone singles “GABOS / Nonstop” and “Still Haven’t Killed Myself” have already proven, these guys are not ones for standing still. They are a hip-hop act in one moment and a grunge band in the following, just to transform into a full-blown sludge or hardcore steamroller next. Sometimes they are all and sometimes none of the above – there’s no way to pin them down. “Being able to draw from different musical genres makes us who we are”, the duo states. “There's no specific genre we’re looking at. Great songs are great songs. It’s craftsmanship.”

Further expanding their unique sonic palette, Doodseskader did not only look back to the great bands of the past for inspiration but also made a conscious effort to discover fresh artists from all corners of the musical realm, sharing an open mindset with genre-defying and -defining trailblazers like Show Me The Body, Ghostemane and Ho99o9. While they kept their trademark reverb-drenched bass sound, they incorporated more production details, many of them found in techno – adding even more depth and dynamic to their crushing mix.

Written in late 2020 and once again recorded by Tim De Gieter in Much Luv Studio (Amenra, Brutus, Absent In Body), “Year One” is as much a declaration of war as it is a declaration of independence: Doodseskader are here to cut their own path – and you better not stand in their way.

TRACK LISTING:

1. 1745
2. Bloemen Noch Kransen
3. It’s Not An Addiction If You Don’t Feel Like Quitting
4. Less Of Everything
5. Alive & Not Well
6. I Hop You Find Joy In Your Ignorance
7. Blood Feud

MARKETING POINTS:

• Produced by Tim De Gieter (Absent In Body, Brutus, Amenra)
• Mastered by Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden Studios (Oathbreaker, Deafheaven)
• Members of Amenra and Kapitan Korsakov

FOR FANS OF:
Show Me The Body, Ghostemane, Ho99o9

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Fuck Money "Fuck Money"

CASSETTE - $8.00
CASSETTE UPC: 197187366125
STREET DATE: 11/18/22
CAT#:31G134
LABEL: Three One G

Fuck Money is an American space punk band based in Austin, TX. The group debuted in October 2021 consisting of members TaSzlin Trébuchet (vocals) Alton Jenkins (drums), Bill Kenny (lead guitar), and Jeremy Humphries (bass guitar). Their sound draws on punk rock, noise, industrial, extreme music and other transgressive subgenres. Fuck Money was formed in 2020 during the latter half of the COVID pandemic that year. After writing their first EP, they spent their time recording at Arroyo Audio. The band has created a reputation of performing high energy, sporadic DIY shows in liminal spaces throughout the dark corners of the city-- The Austin Chronicle noted how “the band’s churning feedback swirl is equal parts imposing and obfuscating – curiously serene in its refusal to give its sonic-aggression a clear human face.” Their vocalist is also known for donning an unpredictable and tantalizing look at each show.

Fuck Money’s debut self-titled EP on Three One G is six songs of unrelenting ‘space punk,’ drawing influence from punk, noise, industrial, and extreme music elements. Described as sounding like “a fully rabid Deerhoof,” the merciless & melodic stick-work of Alton Jenkins, paired with the visceral intensity of frontman TaSz Trébuchet, guides listeners down a path of challenging, awe-inspiring sonic behavior adorned with biting yet hyper-melodic guitar melodies. Death From Above’s Jesse F. Keeler aptly explains the EP simply as, “Feeling at all costs. If I was trying to explain this to someone with no reference, I’d say it was like a pomegranate. Challenging to get at the fruit, but worth the effort.”

TRACK LISTING:

1. Heartthrob
2. Chirp
3. Apollo
4. Demure
5. Fuck me up
6. Trolls

FOR FANS OF:
Melt Banana, The Mars Volta, DFA 1979

Full of Hell "Roots of Earth / Rudiments of Mutilation"

2xLP - $20.10
STREET DATE: 11/11/22
CAT#: FOH001
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Back in print after years of being sold out, we present the first two full-length Full of Hell albums Roots of Earth are Consuming my Home and Rudiments of Mutilation repackaged as a 2xlp with new artwork.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Pile of Dead Horses
2. Endless Drone
3. The Bed is Burning
4. Rat King
5. The White Mare
6. Dregs of Pluto
7. Black Iron
8. Roots of Earth are Consuming my Home
9. Pisces Legs
10. The Oars Are Broken
11. Affirmation of Nothing
12. Dichotomy
13. Vessel Deserted
14. Coven of the Larynx
15. Throbbing Lung Fiber
16. Indigence and Guilt
17. Embrace
18. The Lord is My Light
19. Bone Coral and Brine
20. Rudiments of Mutilation
21. In Contempt of Life

MARKETING POINTS:

• Combines "Roots of Earth are Consuming my Home" and "Rudiments of Mutilation" albums
• Features new art and packaging

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth

Decultivate "Pohrdat"

12"EP - $15.30
12"EP UPC: 3616842939599
STREET DATE: 11/11/22
CAT#: PUSHTEEK10
LABEL: Pushteek

DECULTIVATE return with POHRDAT: a five-track testament of ripping, dark hardcore that once more drags the listener across a crippling nightmare reality. POHRDAT corrupts boundaries and erases expectations; through unhinged riffs and caustic vocals brimming with misanthropic agony, it presents an ugly world defined by a bleak and unforgiving future. Riven with the tension and angst of the modern condition, DECULTIVATE burns the fuel of a forgotten hope - yet in the process provides a soundtrack to carry us through our seemingly meaningless existence.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Triáž
2. Slunce zapadá nad Husovou třídou
3. Nenávist, závist a sebelítost
4. Sám v místnosti plné lidí
5. Lidé na cestě k domovu

MARKETING POINTS:

• Mixed by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden Recording Studios

FOR FANS OF:
Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Cursed, Cult Leader, Baptists

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Weak "A Guide To Adult Despair"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 196626850584
STREET DATE: 11/4/22
CAT#: MPR010
LABEL: QP Distro

Formed in 2018 by Fangui (singer & guitarist), Tote (guitarist & vocals), Fon (bassist) and Meri (drums), WEAK is a punk-rock band based in Madrid (SP). You can tell they grew up with NOFX, Lagwagon and No Use for A Name tapes blaring on their Walkmans as their sound could be defined as a passionate homage to the Californaian punk rock bands of the nineties. Their first studio album “The Wheel”, co-released in 2019 by several national and international labels (La Agonía de Vivir, Morning Wood, Bcore, Waterslide...), has led them to tour extensively through Spain and Europe that same year. Later that year, Tote (guitarist & vocals) leaves the band and Diego Martínez (guitarist & vocals) replaces him, closing the line up again shortly after. In 2022 the band recorded their second studio album, “A Guide for Adult Despair”, fully recorded, mixed and mastered at Ultramarinos Costabrava by Santi García and Victor García. The album was released in summer 2022. The band has already been confirmed on acknowledged European festivals such as Tsunami Xixon and is planning their second European tour.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Last Settlers
2. Battle Royale
3. The Tide
4. Riffs & Songs
5. My Friendless Year
6. A Long Year to Regret
7. F.T.A.
8. Lame
9. Not a Regular Love Song

MARKETING POINTS:

FOR FANS OF:
NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Pulley, Bad Religion

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Fleshwater "We're Not Here To Be Loved"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $7.00
LP UPC: 196925325356
CD UPC: 197187122400
STREET DATE: 11/4/22
CAT#: CCA107
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Fleshwater paint in broad strokes of alternative, shoegaze, electronic, post-hardcore, and off-kilter pop splashed against a tight sonic canvas awash in vibrant colors and visceral textures. Their songs unfurl with all the unpredictability of a living entity (and you can never quite put a finger on where they’ll go next). The moment you press play, it’s as if they appear in a rush of emotion, only to disappear back into a ghostly ether once the record stops.

As such, the Lowell, MA quartet—Anthony DiDio [vocals, guitar], Marisa Shirar [vocals], Matt Wood [drums], and Jeremy Martin [bass]—balance the intimate inhale of male-female harmonies with an overpowering exhale of distortion.

Now, they materialize in 2022 with nine songs on their full-length debut, We’re Not Here To Be Loved [Closed Casket Activities].

“It’s ambiguous,” notes Anthony. “It’s like the music is attached to the mood rather than lumped into a genre. There are so many different elements. Fleshwater is never one thing.” The band quietly emerged in 2020 with Demo. “Linda Claire” amassed 1.3 million Spotify streams under the radar, while Stereogum hailed the three-song set as “a cool piece of hazy guitar-trudge music.” Along the way, the musicians wrote what would become We’re Not Here To Be Loved and self-produced the album with Kurt Ballou [Converge] recording them. The band mined a kaleidoscope of influences, ranging from Hum, Deftones, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Far to Björk, and they ultimately arrived at an ethereal signature style of their own punctuated by gnashing grooves and anesthetizingly gorgeous vocal conjurations.

Barely cracking the one-minute mark, the single “Kiss The Ladder” pulsates with glowing guitar and Marisa’s hypnotic chant, “Now I don’t want to be anyone.” “Backstairs Breathing” begins with creaky clean guitar and melodic verses from Anthony. It gives way to an urgent refrain as both voices entwine, “Become a memory next to me.” A snappy distorted rumble underlines the insidiously catchy “The Razor’s Apple” catalyzed by Marisa’s gauzy, yet guttural delivery. It spirals past a head-nodding drum breakdown on the back of knife-point precise riffing. “It’s my favorite vocal performance by Marisa,” he adds. “We’re definitely excited to play it live." Crossing the five-minute mark, “Foreign” leans into a punchy riff as Marisa and Anthony lock into one last cathartic call-and-response on the chorus.”

In the end, Fleshwater are unlike anything you’ve ever heard—and it’s why the experience of listening to them will belong to you alone. “I want people to have their own experience with Fleshwater’s music and let it take them for a ride,” Anthony leaves off.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Baldpate Driver
2. Closet
3. The Razor's Apple
4. Woohoo
5. Linda Claire
6. Kiss The Ladder
7. Enjoy
8. Backstairs Breathing
9. Foreign

MARKETING POINTS:

• Vinyl comes packages in a full color LP jacket complimented with UV spot varnish printing, full color insert and an 18"x24" full color double sided poster.

FOR FANS OF:
Citizen, Modern Color, Narrow Head, Bleed

End It "Unpleasant Living"

LP - $14.00 / CD - $10.70
LP UPC: 843563150627
CD UPC: 843563153833
STREET DATE: 10/28/22
CAT#: FSR59
LABEL: Flatspot

END IT hail from Baltimore, MD and they want you to know it. Formed in 2017, the five-piece have pride for the city and often address the unease mixed with hope that stems from the community they live in. The band came on strong with the release of their self-titled EP the same year they started, and followed it up with 2020’s One Way Track, gaining them notoriety amongst the hardcore scene. END IT are set to release follow-up Unpleasant Living on their label home Flatspot Records this Spring. Recorded with Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations Recording, Unpleasant Living delivers with ferocity and purpose. The message? Mind your business.

The band takes heavy influence from ‘90s hardcore, having already drawn comparsions to acts like Leeway, Gut Instinct, and Maximum Penalty. They’ve also shared the stage with a diverse group of artists, ranging from Cro-Mags and Life Of Agony to Turnstile and Lil Ugly Mane, and will add to that list this year as they plan to play shows as much as possible. With absolutely no sign of slowing down, END IT is to be liked at face value or not. The choice is yours.

TRACK LISTING:

1. BCHC
2. New Wage Slavery
3. L’appel Du Vide
4. 21
5. Hatekeeper
6. The Comeback
7. Hardhead
8. HTF
9. Lifer
10. One Way Track
11. Give Up
12. Vas A Morir
13. Wishlist
14. Blind Faith
15. Apolitical
16. End It

MARKETING POINTS:

• 12” EP from one of the most promising new hardcore/punk bands
• Can appeal to not only the Hardcore crowd but also Punk and Metal demographics too
• Album features guest vocals from Justice Tripp (Trapped Under Ice, Angel Du$t)
• Has shared the stage with Turnstile, Terror, Glassjaw, Gulch, Life Of Agony, and many more.
• Recorded and mixed by Kevin Bernsten (Integrity, Full Of Hell, Pulling Teeth)
• Has played major festivals like This Is Hardcore, Disturbin The Peace, FYA, Just Another Gig
• First vinyl release for the band
• LP features all their released material to date

FOR FANS OF:
Leeway, Gut Instinct, Maximum Penalty

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Deadbody "The Requiem"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 196626533739
STREET DATE: 10/28/22
CAT#: CCA109
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Vinyl comes packaged in a deluxe tip-on style LP jacket with a gatefold insert and digital download.

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit Recording Studio. Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. Photography by Kylla Barsell, Artwork by Thomas Toye and Layout by Martin Stewart.

Death waits in the wings for all of us. Ironically, it might be the only certainty in life. Nevertheless, we live anyway, squeezing meaning out of each day. Deadbody face this existential truth head-on with a barrage of death metal, grind, and hardcore as unrelenting as it is undeniable. The San Fernando Valley quartet—brothers Taylor Young [vocals, guitar] and Colin Young [vocals, Bass], Miles McIntosh [guitar], and Jorge Herrera [drums]—storm out of the gate with an intense vision befitting of our encroaching collective demise on their 2022 debut album, The Requiem [Closed Casket Activities].

“The idea of the album is the death and mourning of not only an era, but the ego,” notes Taylor. “Regardless of your output, status, goals, failures, or otherwise, the last thing you do is rot or burn. You can’t take any of it with you, so there’s no point in getting hung up on petty details. It sounds bleak, but it’s also meant to be freeing. Let go and move forward.”

The musicians initially breathed life into Deadbody during 2020. The members had made their bones in the underground with Taylor a sought-after producer and member of Twitching Tongues, God’s Hate and Zous as well as former drummer of Nails, Colin in God’s Hate and Twitching Tongues, Miles in Apparition, and Jorge in ACXDC and Despise You. They wrote and jammed over the course of the next two years, recording in Taylor’s studio The Pit in Van Nuys. Creatively, they nodded to the likes of Human Remains, Discordance Axis, Burnt By The Sun, Assuck, Brutal Truth, and Suffocation.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Tempered by Mercy
2. Without Honor
3. Wound Eternal
4. Joy of Torture
5. )}][{(
6. Horrors of the Malformed
7. The Requiem
8. Dead Body

MARKETING POINTS:

• Members of God's Hate, Twitching Tongues, ACxDC, Apparitions

FOR FANS OF:
Burnt By The Sun, Human Remains, Brutal Truth

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Implore "The Burden of Existence"

LP - $16.60 / CD - $8.00
STREET DATE: 10/28/22
CAT#: CRR166
LABEL: Church Road

The highly anticipated album from extreme metallers Implore. Their fresh mix of all extreme styles including punk, death metal and hardcore are on full display on ‘The Burden of Existence’, this album is set to send the band to new heights. Implore was formed in 2013 in the north of Germany, after some tours and a couple of releases the line up shifted to members coming from all around Europe.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Prior Void
2. The Burden of Existence
3. Archetype
4. Masochistic Tendencies
5. Accept the Loss
6. Sun Deprived
7. Failure Through Self Preservation
8. Ultimate Freedom
9. Love Will Gradually Perish
10. The Sense of Endings

FOR FANS OF:
Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Converge

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Anxious Arms / Dull Mourning "Split"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 10/21/22
CAT#: SDR085
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Joining from opposite sides of the USA, California’s Anxious Arms and North Carolina’s Dull Mourning join together for a split EP on Sunday Drive Records. Anxious Arms’ “Wasted Days, Wasted Years” was recorded during the session for 2021’s single, “Faust”. While the previous single was much more straightforward fast and hard, “Wasted Days, Wasted Years” has some more breathing room with a mix of aggressiveness and melody—recalling some of their sounds heard on “Head Toward Heaven” and “Feeler”. On the flip side, Dull Mourning’s “Rejoice” is their hardest single to date. The track leans heavily on the post-hardcore sound established on Ugly Flame with more driving aggression. Both bands deliver some of their best songs to date and contrast perfectly on this split EP.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Wasted Days, Wasted Years (Anxious Arms)
2. Rejoice (Dull Mourning)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Both bands playing SDR Showcase in California
• Dull Mourning touring this summer with Excide (New Morality Zine)

FOR FANS OF:
Deftones, Senses Fail, Finch

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The Arrival Note "Vol. 2"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 10/21/22
CAT#: SDR086
LABEL: Sunday Drive

As described in the title, “Vol. 2” is a continuation of The Arrival Note’s self-titled demo released in 2021. Shortly after the original EP was released, Joshua Howell and Kyle Weidner continued to write while playing some of the bands’ first shows. In mid-2022, The Arrival Note went back with studio producer, Ethan Murphy in Dade City, FL.

While “Vol. 2” pairs well with the demo, there is a clear distinction of where The Arrival Note is at today. The sound is much more dynamic—still inspired by ’90s emo, but also leaning more toward some of the anthemic sounds heard on early ’00s records like Elliott’s “False Cathedrals” or Sunny Day Real Estate’s “The Rising Tide”. There are quiet moments with acoustic guitars, followed by loud, distorted guitars and shouting from Joshua Howell—who drives more towards lyrics of love and hope. 2022 sees The Arrival Note at an inspiring growth, and now with a solid lineup moving forward, there is much excitement for what the band does next.

TRACK LISTING:

1. XOXO
2. We Had a Deal
3. Grey
4. 4th of July

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring members of Contention, Point of Contact, Steadfast
• Upcoming tour with Atlanta band, Painful Choice

FOR FANS OF:
Texas Is The Reason, Elliott, Sunny Day Real Estate

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Deakfids + Petbrick "Deafbrick"

LP - $13.35
LP UPC: 767870661112
STREET DATE: 10/21/22
CAT#: NR115
LABEL: Neurot

As one traverses through new and intimidating terrain unfamiliar a short while ago, two collaborators have come together to unwittingly create a record curiously suited to an intimidating and unpredictable new era. Deafbrick, the collaboration between Säo Paulo’s sonic warriors Deafkids and London’s pulverising duo Petbrick is a vertiable force against adversity, and less a polite meeting of minds than a fiery collision whose impact and incandescence extend beyond the horizon.

The results run the gamut through a litany of uniformly invigorating audial landscaps—this is an arena where Deafkids’ appetite for lysergic punk-damaged tumult and Petbrick’s ventures into dystopian synth-driven soundscapes can happily engage in gladiatorial contest. From the unearthly percussive clangour of “Hyperkinetic Mass Disordert” to the DHR-addled chaos of the paint-stripping “Mega Ritual”, every second of Deafbrick is infused with malevolent charisma and iconoclastic élan.

Yet perhaps the ultimate destructive moment of this particular demolition derby comes via a thrillingly monomaniacal take on Discharge’s ‘Free Speech For The Dumb. Not that it necessarily met the approval of Discharge themselves, who make a cameo appearance on the song’s outro. “I asked them to record some quotes saying how much they hated our version” laughs Iggor. “One of them even said that Metallica did a better job. That really freaked me out!” Metallica, it’s fair to say objectively, do not do a better job.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Primeval I
2. Força Bruta
3. Sweat-Drenched Wreck
4. The Menace of the Dark Polar Night
5. Máquina Obssessivo-Compulsiva
6. O Antropoceno
7. Mega-ritual
8. Hyperkinetic Mass Disorder
9. Free Speech for the Dumb
10. Primeval II

FOR FANS OF:
petbrick, Deafkids, Converge, Sepultura, Neurosis, Godflesh

Petbrick "Liminal"

LP - $16.60
LP UPC: 733102724238
STREET DATE: 10/14/22
CAT#: NR121
LABEL: Neurot

In a world hurtling towards new frontiers of horror on a daily basis, there’s precious little time for pause. For the self-respecting artist, the only reasonable solution is psychic warfare. Such is the terrain of Petbrick on the titanic and transformative Liminal.

Here on their second album the duo of Wayne Adams (BigLad/Johnny Broke)and Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura/CavaleraConspiracy/Soulwax) lays waste to all or any constrictions in its path, Blending a vast sonic landscape with a relentless compunction to break the pain barrier, Liminal is a dizzying exercise in overdrive which can take in industrial abrasions, pulverising rhythmic drive, acid-damaged freakery, cinematic tension and balladic gravitas in disarmingly coherent fashion.
Other heads and personalities also came on board to add richness and intrigue to the onslaught -“I believe we got an amazing team of collaborators - from old school friends like Neurosis’ Steve Von Till and Converge’s Jacob Bannon to new school artists like Paula Rebbeledo from Raktaand New York doom rappers Lord Goat and Truck Jewelz” notes Iggor.

This is an album birthed in difficult times and expressly engaged with raging against the dying of the light. As Iggor puts it “Liminal is an insane mirror of what being isolated feels like -madness through noise experimentations” An alchemical vision fit to both elevate the spirit and destroy everything in its path,‘Liminal’ is the sound of Petbrick blasting their way through the boundaries of a fresh hell.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Primer
2. Arboria
3. Pigeon kick
4. Raijin
5. Lysergic Aura (Feat. Lord Goat & Truck Jewelz)
6. Damballa
7. Ayan
8. Grind You Dull (Feat. Jacob Bannon)
9. Chemical Returns
10. Distorted Peace (Feat. Paula Rebellato)
11. Reckoning (Feat. Steve Von Till)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Petbrick is Wayne Adams (BigLad/Johnny Broke)and Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura / Cavalera Conspiracy/Soulwax)
• Features guest appearance by Jacob Bannon, Steve Von Till, Paula Rebellato & more

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, Sepultura, Neurosis, Godflesh, Jacob Bannon, Steve Von Till

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Microwaves "Discomfiture Atlas"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 10/14/22
CAT#: 31G127
LABEL: Three One G

Of innumerable bands that traffic in dissonance, the musick of Pittsburgh, PA’s Microwaves shears clean and hot as an oxy-lance through the defenses of even the most cynical noise rock aficionado. In this iteration of the band, which has been in existence now for 20 years, core members John Roman (drums, vocals) and David Kuzy (guitar, vocals) round themselves out with 2006 alum bassist/vocalist Adam MacGregor on one side (“Pyroclast”), and founding bassist/vocalist Steve Moore (Film composer and member of Zombi, Lovelock, Miracle, and more) on the other (“Plasma”). Over the years, Microwaves continues to pick up the loose ends left by Voivod, MX-80, Snakefinger, and some of their own Pittsburgh-area “math-rock” contemporaries, twisting them into a Gordian knot that at once rages and confounds.

Microwaves’ newest LP, Discomfiture Atlas, is being released by Three One G Records on October 14th. This album features guest appearances by Eric Paul (Arab on Radar, Doomsday Student, Psychic Graveyard), Sarah Quintero (Spotlights), Rebecca Burchette (Exosus), and Todd Rittman (Dead Rider).

Who among us doesn’t long for a “do-over” of our wreck of recent history? Maybe it’s that attitude that accounts for the ascendancy of multiverses, parallel dimensions, the “Berenstain/Berenstein” debate, etc., in public imagination. Whatever the reason, contemplating other planes of existence is no longer exclusive to the hard sci-fi wonk set. Apropos of all the above, Microwaves manifests their own twin realities over the two sides of Discomfiture Atlas, its second album on San Diego’s vaunted Three One G records. Though distinct, both sides of the album, “Pyrocast” and “Plasma,” salt the band’s terse alloy of thrash metal, no-wave, brutal prog, noise-rock, and math rock with a hint of pop brevity, if not the melody to match.

Even at a curmudgeonly 20 years of age, (both versions of) Microwaves lean into the new material with the desperate enthusiasm of a 50-something peeling out in a midlife-crisis Corvette. Roman delivers his usual cyborg clatter, careening through odd meters and deconstructing rock drumming according to plans laid out by Beefheart and Devo. MacGregor complements with tortuous lines that invoke eastern melodic ideas at times, though they seethe with distortion and gurgle queasily through analog filtering. His vocal palette has widened to include an unhinged/unschooled falsetto and a Teutonic metal shriek, used to great effect on “Hammerspace” alongside Kuzy’s wavering, town-crier bark. Kuzy executes his trademark spindly atonalities with a draftsman’s precision, alternately ratcheting through all of the first-wave thrash-metal riffs he probably ever wanted to hear. Moore’s performances on side “Plasma” present a tighter and more reeled-in quality, focused on timbre and monolithic repetition over the flash of the past. In an all-time first for Microwaves, the standout “Your Dumb Guts” finds Moore serving up a vocal melody with stunning earworm potential.

TRACK LISTING:

1. The Last Planet
2. Regular Magic
3. Landline
4. Clinical Horizon
5. Our Flagship Product
6. Hammerspace
7. New Strategies
8. New Sharp Sticks
9. Your Dumb Guts
10. Omega Quandary
11. Smart Case
12. Discomfiture System
13. Technical Gibberish
14. Stench of Earth

MARKETING POINTS:

• Features guest appearances by Eric Paul (Arab on Radar, Doomsday Student, Psychic Graveyard), Sarah Quintero (Spotlights), Rebecca Burchette (Exosus), and Todd Rittman (Dead Rider)

FOR FANS OF:
The Locust, Arab On Radar

M.U.T.T. "Bad to the Bone"

LP - $15.30 / CD - $10.70
LP UPC: 196626363954
CD UPC: 196626961594
STREET DATE: 10/14/22
CAT#: QP011
LABEL: Quiet Panic

Crossbred from a mangey mix of Johnny Thunders and early blink demos, M.U.T.T. is the rabid soul of the sun bleached parking lot party. M.U.T.T.’s fleabitten grit is a love letter to band posters on the wall, car stereos shrieking through a window, and the timeless youth of late nights built for laughter. A hound hunting for a true home M.U.T.T. sniffs the riffs and barks just like it bites.

A mangey crossbreed of Johnny Thunders, Crüe, and the Buddha Tapes, M.U.T.T. is a rabid pack of hounds ready to let loose on your parking lot party. The good time flea-bitten grit of M.U.T.T. bares its teeth on ‘BAD TO THE BONE’ a straight-shot ten-track bottle rocket love letter to the howling soul of late nite rock n roll. Ditch the dogcatcher and run with M.U.T.T. as they bite the hand, sniffs the riffs, and lifts their leg on the world. Good boy.

TRACK LISTING:

1. I Don't Wanna
2. Born to Raise Hell
3. Take it Easy
4. Bad to the Bone
5. Thee Party Song
6. High with You
7. Cruisin'
8. Whirl
9. Partners in Crime

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring ex-members of Culture Abuse & Dead to Me,
• US tour planned for 2023

FOR FANS OF:
Amyl & the Sniffers, Fidlar, Joyce Manor, Blink

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Going Off "What Makes You Tick?"

LP - $16.60 / CD - $7.50
STREET DATE: 2/24/23
CAT#: CRR183
LABEL: Church Road

With 2 EP releases since their formation in December 2019 and a raging leap into the live music circuit, Going Off are a band with something to say. With an intense and relentlessly energetic live performance and songs with lyrical themes worth going off about - Going Off are a band who need to be seen and heard.

‘What Makes You Tick?’ is the hardcore punk anthem of 2023, filled with vigour and reminiscent of the likes of Candy, Gulch and Trash Talk.

TRACK LISTING:

1. More Love
2. Code of Conduct
3. World to Witness
4. Lowlife
5. Premium Dream
6. Self-Hatred
7. Zoo
8. Black White Blue
9. Ugly Heart
10. Flesh Prison
11. In Heaven

FOR FANS OF:
Candy, Gulch and Trash Talk

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Jivebomb "Primitive Desires"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 10/7/22
CAT#: FSR64
LABEL: Flatspot

Formed through friendship and a love for hardcore, Baltimore’s Jivebomb are blasting out music that is fun and enticing. The band self-released their demo, JVBM, in Fall 2021, which caught the attention of Flatspot Records, who Jivebomb are teaming up with for their upcoming debut EP, Primitive Desires. The five songs on the EP pack as much punch on the record as they would at a sweaty live show.The band recorded the EP with producer Matt Redenbo at J. Robbins’ Magpie Cage studio and it was mixed and mastered by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Regulate, Soul Blind). On Primitive Desires, vocalist Kat delivers with ferocity over groove-laden guitars and bouncy mosh parts, reminiscent of bands like Negative Approach and The Rival Mob. Despite only being a band for a short time, they’ve been able to share the stage with some heavy-hitters, from old-school bands like Slapshot to other upcoming acts like Restraining Order and GAG. Keeping things short, fast, and catchy, it’s only a matter of time before Jivebomb stakes their claim as an essential hardcore band.

TRACK LISTING:

1. 86
2. Primitive Desires
3. Steel
4. Illusion Of Choice
5. Ditz

MARKETING POINTS:

• NEW EP From Baltimore most exciting Punk/Hardcore band
• Mixed & Mastered by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Regulate, Koyo, Soul Blind)
• Has shared the stage w/ bands like End It, Section H8, Comeback Kid, Gag, Slapshot, & More
• East Coast Tour in 2022 + Additional dates this Fall
• Appeals to not only just the Hardcore genre but Punk and Metal as well

FOR FANS OF: Negative Approach

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Intensive Care "That We Be Made Worthy"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 196626418586
STREET DATE: 10/7/22
CAT#: CCA102
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Trauma surrounds us. Underneath the scars in its wake, it leaves truth. Intensive Care excavate harsh honesty from life’s moments of wreckage. Bottling raw intensity, screams tremble through a warped industrial cacophony as they engage a sonic sensory overload. The Toronto duo—Andrew Nolan [vocals, bass] and Ryan Bloomer [drums, percussion]—grab trauma by the throat and translate it into nine gutturally gnashing anthems on their Closed Casket Activities debut, That We Be Made Worthy.

“We’re really influenced by early electronic and experimental music, but we grew up in hardcore and Metal bands,” notes Andrew. “It’s grounded in heavy music, but it’s really exploratory. We’re using drums, bass, and the tools at our disposal to create something of our own.”

The friendship between Andrew and Ryan dates back to the late nineties when they met via the international tape trading scene. With Andrew in the UK and Ryan in Toronto, music bridged the distance and forged their friendship. They made waves together in The Endless Blockade before introducing Intensive Care during 2016 with the Pay Pig EP. They delivered projects at a prolific pace, including Voyeurism EP [2017] and A Removal To Elsewhere EP [2018] in addition to various singles and a split with Full of Hell. Throughout 2020 and 2021, they wrote and recorded That We Be Made Worthy out of home studios in Toronto. This time around, piano and electronics offset moments of harsh catharsis, adding another dimension.

“We really brought the electronic influence to the forefront,” he affirms. “We pushed it and made this side more musical.” A feverish siren squeal bleeds into “Behind Every Closed Door” as a trudging groove bolsters the frontman’s pummeling delivery. Surveying his time employed at a harm reduction for homeless adults in the throes of the opioid crisis, the chant hits hard, “Behind every closed door, a corpse not yet discovered, behind every closed door a memory waits to live again.”

“Six months after I left the job, I realized I had this underlying trauma,” he admits. “Every single time I opened a door, I would get flashes of a corpse on the other side, because that’s what I was constantly finding.”

Thematically, he drew inspiration from the Catholic Saint of Amputation—Saint Antony of Padua. As such, imagery of amputation doubled as a metaphor for imbalances of power, race relations, and labor rights throughout That We Be Made Worthy. The snarling and biting “Taxonomy of Rats” dissects “the history of disadvantaged people in society referred to as vermin.” Then, there’s “Incisors,” which layers the “fight for respect and recognition in the workplace” over a chaotic din. The seven-minute finale “At The Foot Of The Mountain” tempers a primitive groove with the expanse of UK doom as it reinterprets the myth of Sisyphus as told by Albert Camus.

“It’s a strange ending to the album,” Andrew elaborates. “It’s supposed to be equal parts victorious and defeating. The refrain in the song is ‘No victory is final’. We keep saying that because you think you won, but you have to keep doing these things and pushing the boulder up the hill.”

In the end, Intensive Care climb out of the trauma and towards an artistic triumph of their own. “We’re always looking ahead,” Andrew leaves off. “We keep our eyes on what we’re doing.”

TRACK LISTING:

1. The Promise of Christ
2. Behind Every Closed Door
3. Our Fault
4. Incisors
5. O Blessed Tongue
6. Taxonomy of Rats
7. Beds of Pain
8. Whatever You Give Away At Death
9. At The Foot of The Mountain

MARKETING POINTS:

• Deluxe Tip-on Jacket with 24 page stapled booklet

FOR FANS OF:
Full of Hell, The Endless Blockade, Regional Justice Center

Light Tower "Light Tower"

CASSETTE - $6.00
CASSETTE UPC: 783495979692
STREET DATE: 10/7/22
CAT#: IOD037
LABEL: Iodine

Light Tower is a new collaborative project led by Chris Enriquez (On The Might of Princes, Spotlights) is a dark and deeply personal account of his personal experiences, delivered with his immense talent. Light Tower combines elements of shoegaze, post-hardcore, and emo, but offers something very unique that will strike a flame with fans of the genres. This debut EP features three powerful songs that set the stage of what we expect to see from the band in the future. Limited to 100 cassettes.

"Hearing Chris's rhythmic sensibilities on drums lead me to think he has a great mind for music. Hearing him helm a solo project proves it!" - Sergio Vega (Quicksand, Deftones)

TRACK LISTING:

1. When the Mask Drops
2. Drown and Sleep
3. One of a Kind

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring Chris Enriquez of On The Might of Princes and Spotlights
• Produced by John Lamacchia of Candiria
• Debut release limited to 100 copies

FOR FANS OF:
Quicksand, Hum, Swervedriver

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