PIxGS - Two Songs

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Formed in 2012 in Berlin by current/ex-members of Post-War Perdition, Cancer Clan, Begraven, Battle Royal etc, PIxGS play abnoxious abrasive music, influenced by bands like Superjoint Ritual, Buzzoven, The Melvins and Nailbomb. Here is a quite raw recording of the first two songs they've written. The music was recorded a long time ago but the vocals are brand new.

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TWO SONGS (2014)

1. One-Finger Philosophy

2. After Excess Paranoia

HUMAN ERROR // PSYKOANALYYSI - Split

HUMAN ERROR

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This split has just been released for free on each bands' respective Bandcamp pages. You can download it using the links below. Human Error is from Budapest and has been around forever! They have 7 previous releases and they are all free on Bandcamp, and they are all FUCKING GREAT! Very rare for a band to stay this good for so long. Psykoanalyysi is from Finland, and while they have only been around since 2010, they already have 6 releases that include a SHIT-TON of songs, also available for free on Bandcamp.

SOVEREIGN - Mouthbreather

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An angry and loud mix of hardcore and metal, Sovereign is a 5-piece formed in the winter of 2012 in Lansdale, PA. Check out their first EP, "Mouthbreather" for free below. In April, the band will return to the studio to start their first full length, "Die Lonely". Look for more shows, merch and news coming in the near future.

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SOVEREIGN - EP (2013)

1. Land Of Milk And Bullshit

2. Blur

3. Fawn

4. The Snake That Eats It's Own Tail

5. Sunburn

6. Her Old Bones

COP TORTURE - Mud

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Four short songs, with dual vocals, about cops, with lots of cop-themed samples. This band doesn't like cops.

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MUD - DEMO (2014)

1. Scared

2. Why Pigs Need Mud

3. Sliced Nerves

4. Consumer/Fucker

MASAKARI - R.I.P.

Damn, Cleveland's Masakari have been a staple in the crust/hardcore community for a while now, but I guess shit happens. Hopefully some or all of the members will continue to make music in some way. If you aren't familiar with them, take the time to stream their releases below.

And, if you dig them, the band has always allowed their music to be downloaded for free. 

Check out the band's Mediafire page for the downloads.

10 YEARS OF TO LIVE A LIE RECORDS - Download

Good-guy To Live A Lie Records is trying to fill up all of our hard drives. They are offering up their first 100 releases in digital form, FOR FREE. This includes such fine bands as ACxDC, Six Brew Bantha, Tinnitus, Sick/Tires, Magnum Force & Magrudergrind. Apparently there were issues with the first ZIP file, so dude is re-uploading it as we speak, but it will take 12 hours, keep an eye on their Facebook page for an updated link. Or, you can get it right now via bittorrent. Either way, if you feel like thanking the label, feel free to do so by giving them some money on Bandcamp.

WVRM - Where All Light Dies

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This just made my fucking weekend. WVRM literally just released a new album, and it's one of the best things that will ever be featured on this blog. I was completely blown away by their debut 'Despair' late last year, and now, just a few months later, they spew out 8 more songs of hammering crust/hardcore. Unbelievable. The production on this new album is absolutely perfect, in my opinion. You could play this for anyone and tell them it's the newest thing on Southern Lord and no one would question you. If you haven't heard WVRM before, you can expect something akin to The Secret, Nails, Trap Them or Dead In The Dirt. Cassette copies of their debut are still available, I can only hope that this new album gets some sort of physical release as well. For now, you can find it on Bandcamp with a "name your price" option, so feel free to give them some $$$ for all their hard work. While it's far too early to call this a best of 2014 candidate, I can guarantee you that it ends up on my year end list. Excuse me while I go listen to this 100 more times.

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WHERE ALL LIGHT DIES (2014)

1. Smell Ov Old Graves

2. Worse Than Alone

3. Carolina

4. Assisted Suicide

5. Noose Man

6. XIIXII

7. Wounded Dog

8. A Casket To Call Home

BOXCUTTER FACELIFT // DEMORALIZER - Split

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Check out this split from 2 insane grindcore bands from Massachusetts. Boxcutter Facelift are self proclaimed metal hermits that are here to sing you songs of hate that are fast, short and weird. Demoralizer brings the doomy grinding death. Their tunes are also fast, short and heavy and may cause you to embarrassingly shit yourself. 

The split is available on Bandcamp, Boxcutter Facelift's side is a "name your price" download and Demoralizer's is free.

SCARE TACTIC - Demo

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Scare Tactic is a 4-piece harcore/crust-band from Bremen, Germany that just released this KILLER demo. Comparisons can be made to their German brethren Depravation & Deathrite but this demo comes off as a LOT darker and more pissed off than even those bands. Plus, they've got a HUGE Cursed/Swarm/Left For Dead vibe going on with these 3 songs, so you know they've already won a spot in my heart. Get this now.

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DEMO (2014)

1. Born Free

2. Days Are Numbered

3. The Last

CRUTCHES - Lurad

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Political D-Beat punk at it's finest, courtesy of Sweden's CRUTCHES. They just released an LP that will have you putting on your cone-studded vest and starting a pit in your bedroom. Total crust anarchy. For fans of Discharge, GBH etc etc... The 12" will be available for purchase any day now at either Phobia Records, Distro-y Records, Not Enough or Rawmantic Disasters.

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LURAD - LP (2014)

1. Intro / Chaos Squad

2. Down The Drain

3. Egna Ben

4. Forever Stoked

5. Interlude

6. Framtiden

7. Arbetarjavel

8. Mera

9. Absolution

10. Lurad