Kowloon Walled City "Gambling on the Richter Scale"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: December 13, 2024
CAT#: VIS020
LABEL: Persistent Vision

In the world of heavy music, few bands embrace dynamics and negative space like Oakland, CA’s Kowloon Walled City. Since forming 17 years ago, the band has increasingly refined its deconstructed approach to noise rock, math rock, and sludge.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Persistent Vision is proud to present a much needed reissue of Kowloon Walled City’s first album, "Gambling on the Richter Scale". Initially released in 2009, the album laid the groundwork for a series of subsequent albums over the years including Container Ships, Grievances, and Piecework, released via labels such as Neurot Recordings, Gilead Media, and Brutal Panda Records.

This early album is a snapshot of the band’s sound in a much dirtier, noisier, sludgier environment. Kowloon Walled City have always been a band focused on tone and atmosphere with their unique style of heaviness, and the very intentional grit on this album shows another face to a band that has grown to embrace a cleaner, overdriven sound in recent years.

Gambling on the Richter Scale was recorded and mixed by guitarist/vocalist Scott Evans, whose engineering work includes Sumac, Great Falls, Old Man Gloom, and many others. The record comes packaged in a full color matte finish jacket with two color vinyl variants, Ice Blue & Black Galaxy and Violet & Black Galaxy, each limited to 150 copies.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Annandale
02. Diabetic Feet
03. Clockwork
04. Sleep Debt
05. Paper Houses
06. Gambling on the Richter Scale
07. Bone Loss
08. More Like the Shit Factory

MARKETING POINTS:

• Out of print for several years, this reissue coincides with the 15 year anniversary of the album.
• Kowloon Walled City will be touring the US east coast and southeast supporting SUMAC in early December 2024. They are already working on plans for 2025 including a performance at Prepare the Ground Festival in Toronto with Kylesa, Khanate, Steve Von Till, and more.
• Previous touring history with Neurosis, YOB, Metz, Rid of Me, Jay Jayle, and others.

FOR FANS OF: Neurosis, KEN Mode, Godflesh, Chat Pile

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Fórn "Repercussions Of The Self"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.00
LP UPC: 765464057181
STREET DATE: 10/25/24
CAT#: VIS019
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Pioneers of "funeral sludge," FÓRN have been favorites of the metal underground since their formation over ten years ago. Kim Kelly, writing for SPIN in 2015, stated: "Rarely does a debut album spring forth from the womb so fully-formed and vital as Fórn's The Departure of Consciousness... The album's six, tense, foreboding compositions take their cues from Thou's poisonous sludge and funeral doom's lightless melancholia in equal measure, and come punctuated by sparse, blood-curdling howls... This album drags listeners into the utter depths of despair then leaves them there, alone, as the last light winks out."

Releasing music via labels such as Gilead Media, including a split with Yautja, the band went dark shortly after touring in support of its 2018 album, Rites of Despair. With a series of major events occurring in the personal lives of the band members -- births, deaths, and relocations across four states and two countries -- and with the COVID pandemic disrupting society as a whole, the years after Rites of Despair would serve as a crucial pause and reset, leading to the radical rebirth that is "Repercussions of the Self".

"Repercussions of the Self", Fórn's first new musical creation since 2018, bursts through the speakers with god-tier grandeur, mixing the downtuned sludge epics the band is known for, with a new, industrial, electronic dimension.

Notably, the album features Lane Shi Otayonii (Elizabeth Colour Wheel) contributing vocals and electronics across all its six tracks. A past collaborator, Otayonii makes her debut here as a full-fledged contributing member of Fórn.

"Repercussions of the Self" was engineered and mixed by Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations in Baltimore, Maryland and mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks. The artwork is a collaboration between Alexander L. Brown and Devin Toye.

Vinyl comes packaged in a full color jacket with a printed inner sleeve.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Pact of Forgetting
02. Soul Shadow
03. Hela's Choir
04. Anamnesis
05. Regrets Abyss
06. Dreams of the Blood

MARKETING POINTS:

• Engineered by Keven Bernsten at Developing Nations (Full of Hell) with mastering by James Plotkin (Khanate)
• Features new member Lane Shi Otayonii (Elizabeth Colour Wheel) contributing additional vocals and electronics across all tracks
• PR Campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain PR (The Red Chord, Chat Pile)

FOR FANS OF:
Thou, Bell Witch, Noothgrush, Grief

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Raein "Il N'y A Pas De Orchestre"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.00
LP UPC: 765464057167
STREET DATE: 8/16/24
CAT#: VIS015
LABEL: Persistent Vision

First released in 2003, and long out of print, "Il N'Ya Pas De Orchestre" is the sophomore release from Italy's Raein. Including the iconic "Tigersuit", the album captures the raw emotions and explosive energy of this young post-hardcore band early on. Remastered in 2024 by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, this 20th year anniversary edition comes packaged in a deluxe silver mirror board jacket with printed inner sleeve.

Raein are an emotional and discordant punk band from Italy, originally founded by members from La Quiete and Neil On Impression. Upon their formation in 2002, the band released a dizzying amount of music, across multiple splits, EPs and albums, while extensively touring the world during their original run. Reformed in 2023, Raein is considered to be one of the leaders in emotional post-hardcore, carrying a similar spirit and sound as bands like Orchid, Saetia, Pg.99, and others. Melding melody and discordance into something truly beautiful to experience.

TRACK LISTING:
01. The Tree
02. The King Is Dead
03. From 3 to 1 in 2 and 4
04. ll N'y a Pas De Orchestre
05. Tetradecyl Fluctuating Faster Than the Speed of Light
06. Artmachine Observation Tower
07. Miss Kelly Dathe
08. Tigersuit
09. She Wears My Blood
10. I Was Fine Before You Came

MARKETING POINTS:

• Deluxe, 20th anniversary edition of Raein's iconic album, after being out of print and largely unavailable 10+ years, remastered by Will Killingsworth
• Raein will be playing shows throughout Europe this year, and will be headlining New Friends Fest in August in Toronto, ON with Saetia, Jeromes Dream, Blind Girls, and others
• Packaged in a custom silver mirror board jacket with printed inner sleeve and colored vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
Saetia, Orchid, City of Caterpillar, Pg.99

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Raein "A Collection of Splits and EPs 2004 - 2015"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.00
LP UPC: 765464057174
STREET DATE: 8/16/24
CAT#: VIS016
LABEL: Persistent Vision

"A Collection of Splits & EPs 2004 - 2015" captures the growth of Italy's Raein, including tracks from their out of print split 7"s with Loma Prieta, Funeral Diner, Ampere, Daitro, and Phoenix Bodies, along with an early 7" EP, "Döden Marscherar Åt Väst". This collection of songs was remastered in 2024 by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, and comes packaged in a custom embossed jacket and printed inner sleeve.

Raein are an emotional and discordant punk band from Italy, originally founded by members from La Quiete and Neil On Impression. Upon their formation in 2002, the band released a dizzying amount of music, across multiple splits, EPs and albums, while extensively touring the world during their original run. Reformed in 2023, Raein is considered to be one of the leaders in emotional post-hardcore, carrying a similar spirit and sound as bands like Orchid, Saetia, Pg.99, and others. Melding melody and discordance into something truly beautiful to experience.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Faithless
02. New Day Scenario
03. Blue Lines
04. This Life My Cage
05. On Air
06. Armando 10 Bota
07. Parte 1
08. Parte 2
09. Endless Tourlife
10. Amore E Guerra (Love and Death)
11. Comete
12. Spaccare Il Mondo

MARKETING POINTS:

• Collection of long out of print material from Italian post-hardcore/screamo legends RAEIN, including splits with Loma Prieta, Funeral Diner, Ampere, Daitro, and Phoenix Bodies
• Remastered in 2024 by Will Killingsworth and comes packaged in custom embossed jacket with printed inner sleeve and colored vinyl.
• Raein will be playing shows throughout Europe this year, and will be headlining New Friends Fest in August 2024 in Toronto, ON with Saetia, Jeromes Dream, Blind Girls, and others

FOR FANS OF:
Saetia, Loma Prieta, City of Caterpillar, Pg.99

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Blind Girls "An Exit Exists"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.50
LP UPC: 641956287123
STREET DATE: 7/26/24
CAT#: VIS014 / SV29
LABEL: Persistent Vision / Secret Voice

In the decade that Blind Girls have spent making blistering and technical screamo, their efforts have resulted in 2 albums, 3 EP's, a split, and a single. The 2022 album from the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia quintet, The Weight of Everything, is a crushing exploration of seamless discord. Blind Girls' tempestuous performances have earned them a dedicated following in their home country, further expanded by tours in Japan, Canada and the United States. While performing the unrelenting material of The Weight of Everything over two years around the world, Blind Girls quietly administered higher doses of melody in new work, giving more time and care to doleful passages of solitary guitar strumming that appeared in past songs. These songs, set to be jointly released through Persistent Vision and Secret Voice, make up Blind Girls new album, An Exit Exists.

Blind Girls have a distinct way of making entire works sound like a single composition, both live and on record, championing the punk tradition of playing with as few breaks as possible, if any. Ben Smith's extraordinarily intense drumming is akin to bands like Ampere and Converge, the frantic riffage of guitarists Julian Currie, Luke Sweeney, and bassist Mark Grant is simultaneously representative of current hardcore and reminiscent of metalcore of days past, and the throat-lacerating screams of vocalist Sharni Brouwer are in a class shared perhaps only with Jerome's Dream. This is no small feat. Still yet, the tracks on An Exit Exists are more powerful than ever before, as Blind Girls employ the same engineering team of Brock Weston for recording and Rollie Ulug for mixing and mastering as they did for The Weight of Everything. The band was intent on harnessing the familiarity built with the two for An Exit Exists, and as listeners are pulled through the record, it's clear that they have once again overseen Blind Girls achieving new heights of sonic extremity, now stitched together by passages of deeply emotional musicality.

The emotion in the heavily incorporated melodies, not to mention the face-ripping breakdowns and thrashing blast beats, of An Exit Exists are the complement to its conceptual theme addressing abuse. Brouwer explains, "An Exit Exists was written during and retrospectively on two separate instances dealing with abuse from those I loved. Each song is a reflection on the emotions and process I went through from realization, feeling trapped, guilt, defeat, acceptance and eventually finding a safe way out."

TRACK LISTING:
01. Dissonance
02. Loveless
03. Blemished Memory
04. Less than Three
05. Make Me Nothing
06. Pallid Mask
07. Closer to Hell
08. AI Generated Love Letter
09. Lilac
10. Death of an Unsung Thought
11. ...It's Starting to Rain
12. Home Will Find Its Way

MARKETING POINTS:

• "An Exit Exists" is Blind Girls' third album following two previously sold-out, acclaimed albums and multiple EPs
• Extensive US/Canada tour planned for July/August 2024 including East Coast dates with Heavenly Blue and a performance at New Friends Fest in Toronto, ON
• Previous touring history with La Dispute, Touché Amoré, and Militarie Gun, including tours throughout Australia, Japan, United States and Canada
• PR campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain (Chat Pile, The Red Chord)

FOR FANS OF:
Orchid, Frail Body, Jeromes Dream, Botch

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Habak "Insania"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 765464057112
STREET DATE: 6/28/24
CAT#: VIS011
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Insania, the 2016 debut album from Tijuana, Mexico’s Habak reissued on vinyl for the first time ever. Habak exploded into the DIY scene in the last few years with their emotionally charged blend of blackened crust, screamo, and post-metal. This first album captures the intensity of the young band early on, melding aggressive Tragedy-inspired d-beat with dark, drawn out moments of melody that bring to mind contemporaries like Envy or Pageninetynine. Sung in Spanish, vocalist Alex’s lyrics touch on themes of mental anguish, isolation, and hopelessness.

This new reissue was remastered by Jack Shirley at the Atomic Garden (Deafheaven, Frail Body) and includes a bonus live version of “Orbes de Almas” recorded in 2023 by Steve Roche (Saetia).

“Insania” comes packaged in a full color jacket with lyric sheet and colored vinyl.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Immune al Dolor
02. Orbe De Almas
03. Rostros Borrosos
04. Condenado al Olvido
05. Insania
06. El Deceso Vestigios
07. Orbe De Almas (live)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Habak’s debut album, never before available on vinyl, includes a bonus live track recorded by Steve Roche (Saetia) and remastering by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven).
• Habak has a busy year ahead, including a European tour in June, and appearances at 510 Grindfest, Circus of Disgust, NW Terror Fest, and the Persistent Vision/Pg.99-curated fest, Dark Days Bright Nights in September
• PR campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain PR

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Pg.99, Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone

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Respire "Dénouement + Memorial"

2xLP - $21.25
2xLP UPC: 765464057143
STREET DATE: 6/28/24
CAT#: VIS013
LABEL: Persistant Veision

Six years after its original release comes a deluxe reissue of "Dénouement", the second album from Toronto, Ontario collective, Respire. An “exquisite, inspiring flood of emotion and mesmerizing music,” Respire crafts their own explosive and uplifting brand of orchestral post-hardcore, drawing from a well of black metal, screamo, and post-rock influences. As powerful today as it was upon its original release, "Dénouement" is a sprawling reflection on trauma, addiction, and guilt. A document of the beating heart and its journey for redemption.

Packaged as a 2xLP, this reissue includes the companion album "Memorial", an entirely instrumental, orchestral version of the eight songs from "Dénouement", available for the first time on vinyl. Equally chilling and triumphant, layers of strings, horns, and piano make up the compositions of "Memorial", which was newly remastered by Will Killingsworth (Orchid).

TRACK LISTING: 01. Bound
02. Haunt
03. Shiver
04. Bloom
05. Catacombs
06. Virtue
07. A Heart Still Pines
08. Dénouement
09. Bound (instrumental)
10. Haunt (instrumental)
11. Shiver (instrumental)
12. Bloom (instrumental)
13. Catacombs (instrumental)
14. Virtue (instrumental)
15. A Heart Still Pines (instrumental)
16. Dénouement (instrumental)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Long out of print album reissue comes ahead of their fourth album, to be released on Dine Alone Records in late July 2024
• Deluxe gatefold jacket, packaged with instrumental companion album, “Memorial” available for the first time on vinyl

• "Dénouement" was mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Frail Body) and "Memorial" was mastered by Will Killingsworth (Orchid, Bucket Full of Teeth)
• WIth previous touring history in Canada, Europe and Mexico, Respire will be doing their first ever US tour in September 2024, including a performance at Persistent Vision’s Dark Days Bright Nights Fest with Pg.99, Thou, Portrayal of Guilt, and others

FOR FANS OF: Infant Island, Deafheaven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Envy

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Fórn "The Departure Of Consciousness"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 765464057136
STREET DATE: 6/14/24
CAT#: VIS012
LABEL: Persistent Vision

A special, ten-year anniversary reissue of "The Departure of Consciousness", the debut LP from funeral sludge ensemble, FÓRN. Formed in 2012 during a particularly dismal and harsh Boston winter, FÓRN draws inspiration from their predecessors, Grief, Burning Witch and Noothgrush, while remaining true to their natural progression. The suffocating darkness and soul crushing heaviness of their debut is starkly evident as FÓRN channels its will to create their unique brand of cerebral funeral sludge.

Their 2014 debut, "The Departure of Consciousness", originally released via Vendetta Records and Gilead Media, took the doom and sludge world by surprise. It garnered instant critical acclaim, bringing them to prestigious festivals, stages, tours, and even a memorable performance in a seaside cave. Released to coincide with their return to live performances, this reissue comes ahead of a brand new album due out in September 2024.

Recorded in Spring 2014 by Alec Rodriguez at New Alliance Studio and Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studio. Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Emergence
02. Dweller on the Threshold
03. Gates of the Astral Plane
04. Alexithymia
05. Suffering in the Eternal Void
06. Cerebral Intermission

MARKETING POINTS:

• FÓRN will be playing numerous festivals and select dates on the west coast and east coast in June 2024
• Previous touring history with Primitive Man, Thou, Wayfarer, Wolves in the Throne Room, Windhand, Yellow Eyes and Inter Arma
• PR campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain PR (Chat Pile, The Red Chord)

FOR FANS OF:
Thou, Bell Witch, Grief, Noothgrush, Burning Witch

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Prisoner "Putrid | Obsolete"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 765464057099
STREET DATE: 3/15/24
CAT#: VIS010
LABEL: Persistent Vision

In the six years since Richmond VA quintet Prisoner released their first LP, "Beyond The Infinite", the entire world fell apart. Already somewhat apocalypse-curious, the band decided to ride the current wave of doom as far as it would take them, adding synth player Adam Lake in order to bring a greater emphasis on noise, samples, and electronic sound textures. The result is their new full-length, "Putrid | Obsolete", which layers the nightmarish crust/hardcore and blackened metal of their earlier material in a thick coating of harsh industrial noise and gloom.

Floating amid a polluted sea of atonal samples and ominous synth soundwaves, crunching guitars lay down brutal 100mph riffs over a powerful rhythm section crunch, even as multiple demonic voices unleash anguished roars. With apologies to TS Eliot, this is the real way the world ends: amid an unrelenting wave of industrial metal/punk brutality.

"Putrid | Obsolete" was produced, recorded and mixed by Ricky Olson at the Ward (Enforced, .GIF From God) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Flesh Dirge
2. Pool Of Disgust
3. The Horde
4. Shroud
5. Leaden Tomb
6. Pathogenesis
7. Entity
8. Nanodeath

MARKETING POINTS:

• Produced by Ricky Olson (Enforced, .GIF From God) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (From Ashes Rise, No Man)
• PR Campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain PR
• Decibel Magazine premiered first single "Leaden Tomb"
• Prisoner will be doing select US tours in March, June, and September 2024

FOR FANS OF:
Neurosis, Nails, Candy, Godflesh

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Goetia "Goetia"

12"EP - $17.25
LP UPC: 721352025038
STREET DATE: 1/12/24
CAT#: VIS07
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Forged in the heavy music hotbed of Washington DC, GOETIA emerges from the crypts with an absolutely pummeling 12" EP. Their five song debut brings a relentless assault of neck breaking riffs, bludgeoning drums, and otherworldly vocals, spewing a never ending barrage of curses from beyond.

Started by past and current members of GENOCIDE PACT, BRAIN TOURNIQUET and DERILIANT NERVE, Goetia seamlessly blends feral, occult-inspired death metal with elements of grind, crossover and hardcore/punk. Initially self-released by the band earlier this year, Persistent Vision is proud to give it the formal vinyl release it deserves.

Goetia's self-titled EP was recorded and mixed in March 2023 by Matt Michel at Viva Studio (Portrayal of Guilt, No Man) and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios.

Packaged in a full color jacket with lyric sheet and limited colored vinyl. Comes with a download code, including a bonus track not included on the 12".

TRACK LISTING:

1. Nachzehrer
2. Goetia
3. Kokkuri
4. Cemetery Violence
5. Christ Shadow

MARKETING POINTS:

• Members of GENOCIDE PACT, BRAIN TOURNIQUET and DELIRIANT NERVE
• Touring the east coast and midwest in February/March 2024
• Have shared the stage with Kruelty, Tithe, Cerebral Rot, Organ Dealer, and others
• Recorded and mixed by Matt Michel (Portrayal of Guilt, No Man) and Will Killingsworth (Fugative)
• All copies on limited colored vinyl, packaged with marketing sticker

FOR FANS OF:
Genocide Pact, Suffocation, Necrot, Creeping Death

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Wreathe "The Land Is Not An Idle God"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 721352025045
STREET DATE: 1/12/24
CAT#: VIS08
LABEL: Persistent Vision

The debut 12" from London, UK based crust/hardcore band WREATHE. Featuring members of FALL OF EFRAFA, MORROW, and ARBORICIDIO, Wreathe plays dark, brooding and at times, melodic crust with lyrics that act as a call to arms for the defense of nature. Recommended for fans of early Tragedy, Ekkaia, and From Ashes Rise.

Much like the Watership Down inspiration for their previous band Fall of Efrafa, the concept, lyrics and artwork for WREATHE are based on 'The Book Of Venym; An Egalitarian Demonology'. Created by vocalist Alex Bradshaw (Chronic Fatigue Art), 'The Book of Venym' is a call to arms in the defense of nature and against humanities proclivities for violence, told through striking illustrations of benevolent demons and deities.

TRACK LISTING:

1. One Hundred Swords Of Righteous Anger
2. Green Messiah
3. Enemy Of All Reason
4. The King Is Risen
5. The Stumps Are Graves Of The Land
6. Mother Of All Woe

MARKETING POINTS:

• Members of FALL OF EFRAFA, MORROW, and ARBORICIDIO
• Conceptual artwork and lyrics by vocalist Alex Bradshaw / Chronic Fatigue (Fall of Efrafa)

FOR FANS OF:
Tragedy, From Ashes Rise, Fall of Efrafa, Ekkaia

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Massa Nera & Quiet Fear "Quatro Vientos // Cinco Soles"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.00
LP UPC: 721352025014
CASSETTE UPC: 721352025052
STREET DATE: 1/12/24
CAT#: VIS05
LABEL: Persistent Vision

America can be a cold and callous place. As vast as it is cruel, the modern living experience is often defined by isolation. Pushing back against the doldrums and reaching for community, Massa Nera and Quiet Fear release the collaborative album, "Quatro Vientos // Cinco Soles."

New Jersey's Massa Nera and Los Angeles' Quiet Fear draw from their lived experiences to push the borders of introspective, impassioned hardcore and screamo. Together, the bands create a unique sonic world for "Quatro Vientos // Cinco Soles" in which the listener can become fully immersed.

Meant as a cohesive piece of art, Massa Nera and Quiet Fear worked to highlight rhythm and other non-traditional elements of hardcore without forgoing aggression. The bands take 90s-inspired screamo as their foundation and update the style for a modern audience, weaving elements of post rock, mathcore, and even Latin rhythms into their sound.

Balancing vulnerability and fragility with moments of extreme emotional catharsis, the bands play with genres and dynamics to add weight and push the genre forward. Massa Nera and Quiet Fear effortlessly tie together the metallic chaos of Converge, Envy's most triumphant moments, and the emotional intensity of Pg.99, while creating something new and refreshing of their own.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Bloated - Massa Nera
2. Entre Las Manos Y El Colmillo - Quiet Fear
3. Division - Massa Nera
4. N.U.M. - Quiet Fear
5. I Point to the River - Massa Nera
6. Presidio - Quiet Fear
7. Nueva Llama - Quiet Fear & Massa Nera (collaboration)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Streaming singles for "Bloated" and "Presidio" will be premiered by Brooklyn Vegan on 12/1/23
• Massa Nera December 2023 East Coast Tour with Infant Island (Secret Voice)
• Massa Nera January 2024 California Tour & Shows with Quiet Fear
• Massa Nera April 2024 Midwest Tour with Pageninetynine & City of Caterpillar
• Massa Nera May 2024 European Tour
• Massa Nera previous LP received acclaim through Decibel, Brooklyn Vegan, Idioteq, Stereogum, Distorted Sound, and others
• Massa Nera has also been featured on the "Balladeers, Redefined" Compilation on Secret Voice, and split LP with Infant Island and Frail Body

FOR FANS OF:
Pageninetynine, City of Caterpillar, Envy, Converge

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Hexis "MMXXI KAL. OCT."

Flexi 7"EP - $6.00
Flexi 7" UPC: 727785442329
STREET DATE: 10/6/23
CAT#: VIS04
LABEL: Persistent Vision

The latest from Denmark's HEXIS, a limited edition clear flexi 7" featuring two live songs from their appearance at Soulcrusher Festival in the Netherlands, in 2021.

Formed 2010 and known for their DIY approach, Copenhagen road warriors HEXIS merges blackened hardcore and sludge with black metal, post-metal, and dark ambient passages. Their last album 'Aeturnum' garnered widespread acclaim, noting their ability to deliver "sheer brutality and power", and drawing comparisons to peers such as Oathbreaker and Celeste.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Opacus
2. Molestus

MARKETING POINTS:

• On tour from September - December 2023 with 100+ shows across Europe, Canada, Latin America and United States, including dates supporting Amenra and others
• Relentless touring has taken them to nearly every corner of the globe, playing roughly 1000 shows since 2010
• Their last album 'Aeturnum' garnered widespread acclaim and positive reviews, the latest in a series of well-received releases which includes a split with Primitive Man
• Pressing is limited to 300 copies on clear vinyl flexi

FOR FANS OF:
Oathbreaker, Celeste, Amenra, Converge

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Private Hell "Days of Wrath"

CASSETTE - 10/6/23
CASSETTE UPC: 721352025021
STREET DATE: 10/6/23
CAT#: VIS06
LABEL: Persistent Vision

The latest from Richmond, Virginia's PRIVATE HELL, "Days of Wrath" blends influences ranging from 80s punk and extreme metal to 90s crust and hardcore. Their abrasive new six song EP follows up their 2021 demo, and loosely centers around reflections on loss of time, life, and hope.

Recorded and mixed by Jordan Greenough at NFTW Records (Reckoning Force).

Comes packaged with full color j-card and red shell cassettes.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Prometheus Bound
2. Days of Wrath
3. Progress
4. Tower of Silence
5. Agony
6. The Final Torment

MARKETING POINTS:

• Have toured the East Coast extensively headlining and supporting shows for Cro Mags, Enforced, Poison Ruin, Final Gasp, Brain Tourniquet and others
• Recorded with Jordan Greenough at NFTW Records (Reckoning Force, Lethal Means)

FOR FANS OF:
Doomriders, Coliseum, Black Tusk, His Hero Is Gone

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Pageninetynine "Singles"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166932
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS03
LABEL: Persistent Vision

After being out-of-print for over a decade, Pageninetynine and new Richmond, Virginia-based label Persistent Vision have partnered to reissue the band's Singles LP to make this collection available for a new generation of fans.

The Singles collection documents a band that was constantly experimenting and organically growing within the realm of heavy music. The collection brings together the band's original demo tape, an early EP, a compilation track, and splits with Enemy Soil, City of Caterpillar, Circle Takes The Square, Reactor No. 7, and Process Is Dead spanning the band's original run from 1997 to 2003.

Sequenced to trace the band's history in reverse, the album opens with the experimental droner of "Goodbye Face" from their final release before taking listeners on a journey touching on loose improvised jams, piano samples, and syncopated screamo/punk freakouts ending on the raw hardcore-inspired punk energy of their demo tape.

"I think every single record was us trying to push the creativity further and further," Mike Taylor, guitarist, said when reflecting on the collection.

"The more we toured and played, we took on every influence possible. This meant we wrote long songs, short songs, fast songs, slow songs, improvised, experimented with different tunings, and wrote pretty and ugly parts."

It's all there in the Singles LP. Essential for completists, the collection showcases the sound of friends seeing where their ideas take them.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Goodbye Face
2. Calm Song
3. The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen
4. The List (Filth)
5. The Sobering Moment Of One Single Violin
6. You And Your Lumbering Body Of Death
7. Goin South
8. Cip Len Rae
9. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick
10. Diagram For A Suicide
11. Mary Get Your Knife
12. The Longer Now
13. Wood And Ink
14. Machine Revisited
15. A Classic Case Of…
16. My Application To Heaven
17. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick
18. A Gun

MARKETING POINTS:

• Available again on vinyl after being out of print for over 10 years
• Pageninetynine reuniting in August 2023 to headline New Friends Fest in Toronto, along with shows in Brooklyn, NY and Richmond, VA
• Includes liner notes by J.R. Hayes (Pig Destroyer)
• Packaged in jacket with printed inner sleeve and limited edition colored vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Orchid, Jeromes Dream, City of Caterpillar, Deadguy

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Pageninetynine "Document #8"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166956
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS01
LABEL: Persistent Vision

After being out-of-print for the past several years, Pageninetynine and new Richmond, Virginia-based label Persistent Vision have partnered to reissue Document #8 to make this landmark album available for a new generation of fans.

Originally recorded by Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio and released in 2001, Document #8 is a showcase to the enduring spirit of youth. Spanning fiery, emotional outbursts to beautiful, droning instrumental passages, this record is a testament to the power of punk, friendship, and the creation of art for creation's sake.

"I'm still proud of a lot Document #8 managed to achieve for me personally, in a song writing sense," Mike Taylor, guitarist, said, adding, "What stands out to me the most these days would be the staying power of Document #8 and how it manages to still resonate with people as the years go by. It's genuinely something I thought would never happen."

This reissue includes two additional songs originally released on the long out-of-print split 7" with City of Caterpillar.

TRACK LISTING:

1. In Love With An Apparition
2. Your Face
3. Life In A Box
4. We Left As Skeletons
5. Punk Rock In The Wrong Hands
6. Ballad Of Circling Vultures
7. The Hollowed Out Chest Of A Dead Horse
8. The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen
9. The List

MARKETING POINTS:

• Reunions planned for August 2023 to headline New Friends Fest in Toronto along with shows in Brooklyn, NY and Richmond, VA
• Recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge)
• Comes packaged in full color jacket with 16 page booklet and colored vinyl.

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Orchid, Jerome's Dream, City of Caterpillar

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Lágrimas / Habak "Split"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166949
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS02
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Based in Los Angeles and Tijuana respectively, Lágrimas and Habak come together for a split LP of unbridled raw energy, celebrating friendship and a shared love for the DIY hardcore community. The perfectly paired music of Lágrimas and Habak each draw from their unique blends of epic, melodic crust, hardcore and screamo, segued with drawn-out, post-metal passages. Spanning six tracks, each deliver dark, emotionally charged songs that touch on social injustice, liberation, and personal experiences navigating life on the fringes of society.

Coming on the heels of countless DIY fest appearances and relentless touring throughout the west coast and southwest over the past few years, this is the latest in a collection of independent, well-received releases from the two up and coming bands.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Mandatory Overtime (Lágrimas)
2. Illusions of Success (Lágrimas)
3. No Resources (Lágrimas)
4. I Can't Afford It (Lágrimas)
5. Infinitas Noches de Vigilia (Habak)
6. En La Huelga de los Acontecimientos (Habak)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Both bands have toured the western US and Mexico extensively; Habak toured Europe in 2019.
• Habak will be doing a US East Coast tour with Massa Nera in August 2023, including New Friends Fest in Toronto, Ontario.
• Features full color jacket, lyric sheet, and limited edition colored vinyl.

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Frail Body, Fall of Efrafa, Remains of the Day, From Ashes Rise

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