Kowloon Walled City / Shallow North Dakota - Toronto 5/31/2025

As mentioned in my previous post (sorry it's been so long), Kowloon Walled City played a cover set of Shallow North Dakota songs at this year's Prepare The Ground fest in Toronto. Shallow ND hailed from Hamilton, Ontario and were around from 1993-2005, putting out 3 killer albums (please check these out). They briefly reunited in 2018 until 2019, and unfortunately the singer/drummer Tony Jacome passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2021. Once you listen to Shallow ND, you'll instantly know why Kowloon Walled City was chosen to do this set. KWC was joined by 4 different guest vocalists: Rachel Jones (Jacome), Sean Arsenian (Cell Press), Trez Lanz (Mares Of Thrace) & Skot Hamilton (KEN Mode).

I recorded the audio from this set on a shitty field recorder, so you may think the quality is awful, but at least it exists, I'll drop a download link for it. I'll also post some more videos and photos from the show below. Hope you enjoy. Photos courtesy of instagram.com/theywontmissus. Videos from various places.

Kowloon Walled City - Shallow North Dakota [audio download]

 

 

 

 

Burning Love - Reunion/Final Show - 5/31/2025 - Toronto

Holy smokes, what a weekend. Prepare The Ground 2025 in Toronto was fantastic. Everything was worth it just to hang out with Chris from Burning Love and then see their reunion (2nd attempt) and sadly, final show. Chris is the nicest fucking person on the planet, he went out of his way to meet up, show us around a bit, let me in on some Cursed lore, hooked me up with some killer posters, looked out for me with my recording nonsense (always a mess), and in general, just being a kind human. The Burning Love set was GREAT, and huge, almost 50 minutes. Everyone got their money's worth for sure. Hopefully you guys dig this video, it's a good representation of the show, audio was a bitch, has to merge 2 different sources but it all worked out in the end.
Other things of note: Kowloon Walled City played Friday and were amazing, and they did a Shallow North Dakota cover set on Saturday with guest vocalists which was KILLER. If you don't know Shallow North Dakota, you need to. They were a pummeling, abstract sludge punk band from Hamilton, Ontario. Loud as fuck 3-piece featuring the bass player from the last version of Cursed. Their singer died a few years ago from Cancer, I believe. Lets see, Young Widows were great, Kylesa were great, Alaskan reunited and were great, Midwife was great, Atlas Moth, Coliseum, No Man, Morne, Dismal Aura etc etc...I know I'm missing a few. The whole trip was a blast. 
Burning Love is dead. Long live Burning Love

TELOS - what they built

 

FROM: Copenhagen, Denmark

GENRE: Blackened Chaotic Hardcore, Grindcore

RELEASED: May 9, 2025

Telos is one of my favorite bands

Unfortunately they broke up last year
This is their final release 

LIFELINE - Endtime Groupthink

FROM: Montreal, QuébecGENRE: D-Beat, Neocrust, Hardcore PunkRELEASED: May 10, 2025

DREMM - Meek Things Wilt In Quiet Rooms

 

FROM: New Orleans, Louisiana

GENRE: Emo, Hardcore, Sludge

RELEASED: May 10, 2025

Headstone - Demo 2025

FROM: London, UKGENRE: Metallic Hardcore, MetalcoreRELEASED: April 24, 2025

Noxious Ghoul - II

FROM: Bemidji, MinnesotaGENRE: Black Metal, Thrash, D-BeatRELEASED: April 26, 2025

Rue - to subsist in ruin..

 

FROM: Lowell, Massachusetts

GENRE: Neocrust, Sludge, D-Beat

RELEASED: May 1, 2025

We Sleep - Split w/Travolta

FROM: Hamburg, Germany

GENRE: Powerviolence, Fastcore

RELEASED: May 2, 2025

Bad Guy - Demo 2025

FROM: Yorkville, IllinoisGENRE: Grindcore, PowerviolenceRELEASED: May 3, 2025