More German Chaos. From their bio: Constrict is a grindcore band from Potsdam, Germany, formed in 2015. Fusing fast, aggressive blasts with death metal elements, their sound combines raw speed with relentless heaviness. After several DIY releases - including Ultima Ratio, Saturation, and Devourer - they now return with Kadavergehorsam, their most furious and focused EP to date.
FROM: Berlin, GermanyGENRE: Powerviolence, Hardcore, Death Metal
Me again. I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has voted in the poll from my previous post, It really helps a lot. One thing I was not expecting was the general dislike of Spotify. I should have known. And it's good to know that no one seems to want me to stop posting entirely lol. And thanks for all the amazing comments on the post as well. I think you guys are pretty cool too. I figured I would post some early survey result for those that are curious. I always find these kind of web statistics fascinating (click to enlarge).
Hey all, really sorry for my absence in the past few months. There were too many shows happening this summer here (not complaining) and I think I was just getting burned out on music in general. Not to mention the crushing existential dread of daily life rearing it's ugly head. But, I am feeling better now and have been itching to get back to posting in some way or another. I'm glad to see things are still chugging along here, thanks to all in the chat for still hanging out, especially Kogi & Cockroach doing the Lord's work in the link chat.
For the next couple of days, my thoughts were to post some monthly round-ups of things of interest that I have found from June-September. Some are free, some are paid, and to be honest, I think I'm going to start straying away from only posting free Bandcamp releases here. I don't post download links anymore in the main posts just to keep the blog a little safer from "the man", and between the chat here, Soulseek and streaming services, things are way more easily attained now. So, if I like something, from now on I'm going to just post it, free or not. We'll see how it goes.
Oh, and one more thing, this is driving me crazy. Sometime before I went to the Toronto fest in June, someone in chat gave a great recommendation, for me specifically, in the chat. I believe it was a solo project, outside the US, if I recall the ID photo on Bandcamp was like a black/white picture of a dude in a hoodie? They had a new LP come out and it was great. Crusty, dark and full of Death N Roll just like I like. But, chat only goes back so far, and I simply can't find it on Bandcamp. I assume it would have been somewhere around April-May-June? But I have no idea at this point. Not sure if the guy/girl is still around or if they remember, but please comment if you do. But without further ado...
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.
