THE PLAGUE - Demo

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I found this 3-song demo by this band and it's pretty damn good. But it's annoying at the same time because I can't find anything out about them. They are on a label called Tombs In The Valley based in the UK, but that label's web and Facebook links are broken. Not to mention there are about 150 bands called The Plague on Facebook. If you know anything about this band, please leave the info in a comment.

As far as the music, like I said, it's pretty damn good. Very dark and very metallic. Sort of reminds me of Death Breath, Struck By Lightning or Skin Like Iron. So, if you dig bands like that or stuff that leans towards the dirty, metal side of hardcore, you might like this.

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DEMO (2013)

1. Iscariot

2. Headvice

3. Napalm Reign

LODGES - Walking On Hands And Knees

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Swarm Of Nails is a label that is home to a shitload of amazing bands such as Anorak, Heksed, Nesseria, & Young And In The Way. Continuing that tradition is the new band, Lodges, who were born in Paris from the ashes of their previous band, Donkey Punch. Even with only 6 songs, their upcoming one-sided LP is easily one of the most solid releases this year. If you're a fan of Trap Them, Lewd Acts, Catharsis, Cursed, Converge or Gaza, you'll want to check this out.

PRE-ORDER AT SWARM OF NAILS - 300 COPIES/ONE-SIDED BLACK 12"

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WALKING ON HANDS AND KNEES - LP (2013)

1. Downward

2. Wall

3. Void/Vice

4. Swarm

5. Thrust

6. Hole In The Ears

SWINE - Self Titled

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Swine, from Sydney, Australia, formed in late 2011, with a "singer" set on sludge punk, a monstrous drummer pounding in some southern metal/hardcore elements, a guitarist who's musical advice is always "faster, with more shouting" and a Bass player caught in a strange Danzig/Hank III love triangle. Laden with feedback (to cover the fuck ups) and balls out intensity. Throw in the occasional groove for good measure and you've got and you've got yourself a hardcore punk band "too rowdy to play their instruments" with only the slightest chance of a half-time breakdown and no chance of any 808 drops.

They just released their 13-song debut album, and if you're a fan of The Bronx, Obliterations, The Chariot or Norma Jean, you need to get it. They are strong believers in the "name your price" model, so since they funded this album themselves, you should head over to their Bandcamp page and give them some $$$ if you like it. This is about the most "punk rock" thing you'll see on this blog but I stand behind it. This is the way punk should sound. Plus, any band with a song titled "Die Hipster Die" is OK in my book.

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SELF TITLED (2013)

1. D.I.Y.

2. Atlas

3. Shitlists

4. Vagina Dentata

5. Hated

6. Die Hipster Die

7. Spectacles

8. Aging Ink Tumour

9. Dionysiac Urge

10. Selfless Shame Promotion

11. Zombie Bite

12. The Complicated Futility Of Ignorance

13. Gutter

BLOG ROUND-UP LINK DUMP #5

THE DEVIL RIDES OUT

THE ELEMENTARY REVOLT

Bombangrepp - Förrådd av samhället

Slave - S/T

Last Words - S/T

Sara Stain - Void Blossoms

Chiens - Vultures Are Our Future

Nuclear Altar - Blessed Ruins

Blister Unit - Christ Ape

MANIC COMPRESSION

Suffering Mind/Six Brew Bantha - Split

Funerals - Human Ruin

God Harvest/Cogs And Sprockets - Split

Totem Skin - Still Waters Run Deep

Calvaiire - Forceps

SMOKE PIGS

Nistikko - Kehä

CUT & PASTE

Perfume River

ONE PATH FOR ME

Rayleigh - S/T

PERCEPTION THROUGH DISSONANCE

Piss - Demo

BLACKENED VORTICE

Razoreater/Iced Out - Split

Left In Ruins - Ghost

CURSED II Vinyl Reissue Confirmed

REJOICE! Straight from Deathwish Inc's Facebook page...

"Coming in early 2014, the vinyl reissue of "Two" from Cursed on Deathwish (artwork below). This new superior version of "Two" was manufactured using brand new pressing plates, making the release sound more monstrous than ever before. All of it presented in a gatefold jacket with revamped artwork and packaging.

This is the second in a series of singular represses of the entire Cursed full length catalog from Deathwish ("One" is now available). Cursed "Two" and "Three" albums were originally released by the defunct Goodfellow label, and are under exclusive license to Deathwish from Sonic Unyon Distribution.

A final limited box set of all three albums and a book of Cursed related material by Chris Colohan will be released later down the road via a partnership of Deathwish and Colohan's own label, High Anxiety."

KHAN - The Plague

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Born in the summer of 2011 at the Quebec bar "Le bateau de nuit", Khan recorded their first LP in March 2012. I've been meaning to mention them for a long while now but they just got lost in the barrage of great releases lately. The Plague is a 9-song roller coaster ride of fast-paced crust punk with a rhythm section oozing out the unmistakable sound of d-beat. Think of Throats meets Cursed. You can still get the LP from Toys Of Disharmony and they'll have 2 new songs on an upcoming 4 x 7" boxset on Doomsday Machine Records.

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THE PLAGUE - LP (2012)

1. Healing Comes Through Blood

2. The Plague

3. Tentacles Of Abomination

4. Not So Smart Now vs. Predator

5. Giant

6. Jukai

7. Requiescant In Pace

8. Seeking Light

9. A Rapist Circle

RISING CRUST - Demo

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I stumbled across this demo for Toronto's Rising Crust and half-expected it to be just another terrible joke band about some random food item. But holy shit this is a great demo! It's 6 songs of demolishing hardcore and the fucking demo cover image is a fucking inverted cross made of fucking pepperoni pizza! They've got my attention.

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DEMO (2013)

1. Sad Clown

2. Pinch Flat

3. Salt Stain

4. Pizza Snakes

5. Phred Felps

6. Dry Socket

DWNPOURS - Black Unltd.

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Dwnpours is a dark hardcore band with slight post-punk tendencies from Wuerzburg, Germany. The EP below was recorded over a year ago but for whatever reason, it's just now getting released on CD this month. You can pre-order it here from Beyond Hope Records.

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BLACK UNLTD. - CD EP (2013)

1. I Drown

2. Late Hours

3. Dirt Connoisseur

4. I Sleep

5. Black Chauffeur

PUBLIC CONFESSION - Morbid Thoughts & Summer Of Night

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Public Confession is a blackened, metallic hardcore band from Los Angeles, CA that features members of Lake of Blood, Doctorshopper, Whip Hand, and more. Their music is dirty, dark and atmospheric. The 10" EP below will be coming out via Cult Of Melancholia.

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MORBID THOUGHTS - 10" EP (2013)

1. Imagined Territory

2. Terminal Velocity

3. Constant Sums Of Damage Done

4. Bounded Rationality

5. Shallow Breathing

6. Foreign Corrupt Practices

SUMMER OF NIGHT (2012)

1. Galapagos

2. Shallow Breathing

3. Foreign Corrupt Practices

4. Eyedrops

BAPTISTS - Live on KEXP 90.3 FM [VIDEO]

A few months ago, Canada's Baptists did a live studio session on KEXP. You can download the audio of it here, if you haven't done so already. And today, KEXP uploaded a video of the full performance on YouTube. This band had one of the best albums of the year, and pretty much every song from that LP is played during this session. Very cool too see video of this...