OLD WOUNDS - U.S. Tour

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Recently, my dudes in New Jersey 4 piece, Old Wounds posted a live video of their song "New Fortunes" from a recent winter tour with RI/MA based band Raindance, and a few days before that also gave news that they will be putting out a new 12" EP over the summer, which i personally am looking very forward to.

Yesterday, they announced their tour dates for next month with Michigan based band Hollow Earth, and others at different points and times through out the tour. Below is the flier and dates of the tour itself.

Make sure you go see my boys as they roll through your town, and maybe even let them sleep on your floor.

SUPPORT HEADFIRST RECORDS

John Rivera, who runs Headfirst Records, recently fell ill with pneumonia and is currently in the ICU. Headfirst is an incredible hardcore label out of Greensboro, NC that has put out records by Young And In The Way, Torch Runner, Moral Void, False Light, Hollow Tongue, etc etc. John is an extremely cool dude & I've bought many records from him in the past. He always finds time to email back and is always happy to chat. I even found out that he used to hang out here in my hometown when he lived in KY for a bit. Anyway, we all know hospital bills are a bitch, so help a brother out and check out Headfirst Records.

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FLESH POLICE - Demo

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Bringing you another killer band from Perth, Australia today. Flesh Police put out this demo back in April of 2013 but somehow I missed it. Shame on me. You might have caught it at Cut & Paste or Operation Grindcore, but if not, you're in luck because this is something you should definitely have. This is a huge demo with 14 tracks of smothering grindcore & powerviolence. The first two bands that come to mind as I listen to this demo are Heartless & Negative Standards. If you know those bands, then you should know what to expect from Flesh Police. You can also download a live recording over at Reel Muzak and keep an eye out for a new split cassette with Melbourne's Split Teeth in the next couple of months.

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DEMO - CASSETTE (2013)

tapes available from thefleshpolice@gmail.com

1. Sanctity

2. Down

3. Raw Male Power

4. Ignorant

5. Severance

6. Submission

7. Consequence

8. Arrival

9. Honesty

10. Parasite

11. Hour Of The Goat

12. Old Rope

13. Respite

14. Failure

PEOPLE PROBLEM

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People Problem is a 4-piece from Perth, Australia that have been around for about a year, but have managed to fly under the radar, as far as I can tell, although I have no clue what the scene is like in Perth. Either way, I guarantee they are under-appreciated, because this band fucking rules. They have put out a demo, a 7" and a soon-to-be-released cassette. Every damn second of every song is gold, no filler. The riff-filled production is absolutely perfect, even on the demo. I don't even want to write any more, you just need to download everything here and buy all their shit. Fans of The Swarm, Trap Them, Dead In The Dirt, Caged Grave, Dropdead & Sick/Tired are going to eat this up.

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SELF TITLED - CASSETTE (2014)
to be released on Helta Skelta Records soon, ltd. to 100 copies

1. Royal Miscarriage

2. Depressus Fossor

3. Bleech Thrill

4. Gag

5. Maim Me

6. Drone Lag

MAXIMUM PERVERSION - 7" (2013)
buy the vinyl at Coffin Cult Records or Helta Skelta Records

1. Maximum Perversion

2. Gay Panic

3. Don't Fuk Me

4. Broken English

5. Red Spot

6. Nudes 4 Demo Tape

7. Man The Knife

8. Grated

DEMO (2013)

1. Stuck

2. Chemically Unbalanced

3. Perpetual Nightmare

4. Proud Men

5. Mind Eruption

6. Pllaged

7. Illustrious

DERVISH - Dominion

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Dervish is a newer 4-piece band from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They just released their side of a split cassette with Two Crosses (a similar band sharing some members), and will be going on a small tour with them as well. The tapes will be exclusive to the tour, with possible online distro later. The Two Crosses side of the split should be popping up on their Bandcamp page soon though. 

As for Dervish's side, 'Dominion' will terrify you with haunting samples & atmospheric creepiness strewn across the 9 tracks, and just when you think it's safe, you'll get steamrolled by some of the most violent, chaotic hardcore I've heard from a debut in quite some time. Blistering production, blast beats, breakdowns, riffs to break your neck & some vile, menacing vocals are what you'll find here. Everything is woven together masterfully and it's all over far too quick. Any fan of Sick/Tired, Deathseekers, Rot In Hell, Razoreater or Iced Out is going to fucking love this. Can't wait to hear more from them.

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DOMINION - CASSETTE (2014)

1. Self-Inflicted

2. Dominion

3. Hidden World

4. Servitude

5. Ghosts

6. Control

7. Languish

8. Disconnect

9. Loss

STAND DER DINGE // FURTIVE FOREST - Split LP

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Stand der Dinge & Furtive Forest are a couple of hardcore bands that put out a split LP way back in 2012 and have now decided to share it with the rest of the world. Both of these bands are new to me so I'm hoping they'll be new to you as well. Stand der Dinge is from Gießen, Germany and remind me of Planks, Patsy O'Hara & Jungbluth. And yes, I realize those are all German bands, there must be something in the water there. Meanwhile, Furtive Forest hail from Novi Sad, Serbia and will be enjoyed by fans of Pangea, Throwers & Vuyvr. 

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STAND DER DINGE / FURTIVE FOREST - SPLIT LP (2012)

Stand Der Dinge

1. Nichts Gelernt

2. Schon Wieder 

3. Die Richtigen Fragen

4. Kein Ende In Sicht

Furtive Forest

5. 7th Frog

6. Lies Must Be Challenged

7. Ignorance Sickness

8. Silver Mirror

9. Dear Friend

INDIGNANT - Demo

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in·dig·nant adjective 1. Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

This is a 1-man project by a dude named Taylor. He played and recorded everything here at various times at shitty practice spaces and bedrooms. The band's name is the most definitive part of the music's theme as all of the lyrics are about being against oppressors and "power". There are 8 songs here, almost all of them under a minute long, like any good powerviolence should be, and are mostly influenced by bands like Nails & Iron Lung. This definitely has a 'demo' feel to it, but it's impressive to hear what one guy can do by himself and i'm genuinely jealous because I myself have a ton of songs written but I don't have the time or knowledge to pull this off. And if you're interested, there should be cassettes available within the next month on Bandcamp.

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DEMO (2014)

1. Loathe

2. Hopeless

3. Discord

4. Greed

5. Roped In

6. SS

7. Control

8. Rot

R.I.P. BIQUETTE DE MAURIAC aka THE GRIND GOAT

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This seriously fucking bummed me out today. That fucking goat that was more into grindcore than you has made the sad voyage to Valhalla. Made famous in 2011 by being pictured thoroughly enjoying a set by Wormrot on a farm, Biquette was actually a fan of all grindcore according to the farm owner:

When did you first notice she enjoyed attending the shows?
While she was here, she always loved concerts, settings with lots of people. As soon as there was someone she had never seen, she stuck up against them for an hour! And when there were lots of people, it was above all a chance to go steal a little tobacco or something else that was lying around! 

Were there any bands or music she particularly liked?
I remember that during Panzer Cardinal (a band from Toulouse) she spent the entire set at the bassist's feet (who, by the way, was hallucinating a bit). She was most connected to grind (it seems weird to talk like this about a biquette but nevertheless it's true!!!). Seeing as the barn floor where we throw the concerts is wooden, I think that she felt the vibrations in her hooves. The majority of the time she even laid down next to the speakers.

Visit METALINJECTION and METALINSIDER to read more & also stop by Biquette's Facebook page!

TIGHT TO THE NAIL - Winter Offensive 2014 [V/A]

DEADENDS - Demo

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DEADENDS is a fast, filthy & heavy 4-piece from Kingston, NY. The demo cover art of Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski is a fitting warning to the barrage of powerviolence that you are about to hear as these three aptly named songs will crush you with metallic, hardcore doom/sludge. Featuring members of Nautilus and Okosu, the band gets their influences from DropDead, Fucking Invincible, Full of Hell, Aborted, False Light & Sea of Shit. Why are you still reading this. You should be downloading this right now.

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DEMO (2014)

1. Blacklung

2. Tooth Spitter

3. Consume