Primitive Man "Insurmountable"

LP - $17.50
LP UPC: 196626731098
STREET DATE: 5/13/22
CAT#: CCA095
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Listening to Primitive Man is a devastating experience of Doom as performed by just three members. Their discography of agonizing personal and universal hell is spread across three albums, two EPs and a raft of splits released over more than 10 years. 2020 saw the release of the groups most recent full length album ‘Immersion’ (Relapse Records), a terrifying and confrontational record that expressed resentment and the unbearable during uncertain times. The tension through out the record is palpable. McCarthy’s foul roar feels wrenched from a cavern so deep that it defied language itself. The riffs are vast slabs – edifices dragged and erected to stand tall against the outrages of ‘humanity rotten on the vine’ (‘Consumption’). With 2013’s Scorn and 2017’s Caustic, Primitive Man raged against religious dogma, elitism, capitalism and the creature within, desperate to burst out. They keep the animal inside at bay with a rancorous and cerebral blend of the heaviest sounds. Splits with Hell and Unearthly Trance, and a host of others, have seen the band branch out into experimental noise. Other projects from members of the band – Black Curse, Vermin Womb and Many Blessings – show how they are bursting at the seams to express their outrage at the state of
things, in different mutations.

2022 brings the release of the groups latest album, Insurmountable. Four new suffocating tracks totaling over 38 minutes of Primitive Man in their strongest and most crushing artistic display to date. Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk and featuring the artwork of Ethan McCarthy (Hell Simulation). Vinyl comes packaged in a tip-on gatefold lp jacket, complimented with an obi-strip, gatefold insert and deluxe colored vinyl.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. This Life
  2. Boiled
  3. Cage Intimacy
  4. Quiet (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk
  • Artwork by Ethan McCarthy (Hell Simulation)
  • Vinyl features a tip-on gatefold jacket, obi-strip and gatefold insert

Redemption Denied "Where Dead Ends Meet"

LP - $15.30 / CD - $9.60
LP UPC: 305390598237
CD UPC: 305390598275
STREET DATE: 5/13/22
CAT #: ISO036
LABEL: Isolation Rec.

Bjorn Dossche of Rise & Fall and Chain Reaction on Redemption Denied and their new album "Where Dead Ends Meet":

Somehow, longevity is a rare thing in hardcore. Consider yourself lucky if your favourite band made it past the 3 year mark. What's even rarer is a band that pushes on - despite line-up changes, personal careers and the pressure of "adult" life - to deliver their first ever full length album almost a decade after their debut EP.

But, that's exactly what Redemption Denied did. And the damn thing hits like a sledgehammer. Granted, the subtle approach was never theirs, but on this album the vigor, determination and sheer power can be felt in every single song, every single riff and every single word singer Kasper spits. It's clear that while "Where Dead Ends Meet" was being written, Redemption Denied sharpened their skills and made sure their all out assault didn't lose the dynamics needed to keep everyone's attention, all of the time.

Their 90s CTHC (Hatebreed, Death Threat) meets Upstate NY (All Out War, Stigmata) sound has never hit harder, not in the least by the increased death metal influence that tips "Where Dead Ends Meet" over the edge of what's socially acceptable in terms of heaviness. The destructive aggression their music possesses, is more than matched by the apocalyptic, socio-political lyrics that strike a precarious balance between embittered and empowering. It's their testament, written in blood.

"Where Dead Ends meet" was recorded at Jupiter Studios in their native Belgium, mixed to perfection by Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues, Xibalba, God's Hate) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Ringworm, Never Ending Game, Integrity), and boasts incredible cover art by Ridge Rhine (Terror, Knocked Loose, Judiciary). To top things off, it also features guest vocals by Tyler Mullen (Year Of The Knife) and Bjorn Dossche (Chain Reaction, Rise And Fall).

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Prelude (To The Apocalypse)
  2. Testament (feat. Bjorn Dossche)
  3. Verdict
  4. The Last Hour
  5. Beyond Salvation
  6. Dying Breed (feat. Tyler Mullen)
  7. Where Dead Ends Meet
  8. Buried Alive
  9. Final Witness
  10. Before The Fall
  11. Another Victim

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Mixed by Taylor Young (Rotting Out, Twitching Tongues) at The Pit
  • Mastered by Brad Boatright (Dropdead, Blacklisted, Ringworm)
  • On tour with No Turning Back, Risk It and Lifesick in Europe in May 2022
  • Featuring gust vocals by Bjorn Dossche (Rise And Fall, Chain Reaction) and Tyler Mullen (Year Of The Knife)

FOR FANS OF:
Terror, Hatebreed, Bitter End

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FAIM "FAIM"

12"EP - $12.70
STREET DATE: 5/13/22
CAT#: SIR029
LABEL: Safe Inside

For Denver’s FAIM, hardcore is the spark that lights the way to bigger things in this life - personal catharsis, critique and political engagement. To that end, FAIM seeks to bring those ideas to the forefront of their music with lyrical content focusing on political apathy, abusers within the hardcore scene, class anxiety, and the ever-present daily injustices. Their brand of fast, aggressive hardcore is a vessel for hope and change set against the background of youthful angst.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Wolf
  2. It Follows
  3. All Talk
  4. Bought and Sold
  5. Midlife Crisis
  6. Beatty
  7. Time Is Now

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Reissue includes an unreleased bonus track

FOR FANS OF:
Modern Life Is War, Go It Alone, Suicide File

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Feverchild "Witching Hour / You Know I Can't"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 5/13/22
CAT#: SDR075
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Following their 2021 self-titled EP, Feverchild continued to write and have had the opportunity to play songs in front of a live audience for the first time—mostly amongst the Belgian hardcore scene. "Witching Hour" and "You Know I Can't" pick up where their previous EP left off—incorporating much of the '90s emo influences heard prior, but with more post-hardcore leanings. Heavier guitar riffs and palm muting recall the sound from heavier '90s emo bands like Memorial Day, early-Falling Forward, and Kill Holiday. Lyrically, Feverchild still delivers strongly and thoughtfully with a memorable bridge like, "So cure me—secure me". Feverchild continues to progress in the genre, with the help of producer, Gilles Demolder, to write their strongest songs yet. It's a preview of what's to come, as the band begins to write their follow-up album later in 2022.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Witching Hour
  2. You Know I Can't

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Produced by Gilles Demolder (Oathbreaker)

FOR FANS OF:
Texas is the Reason, Sunny Day Real Estate, Falling Forward

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