Flowers for Burial "Animus"

CASSETTE - $4.75
STREET DATE: 7/28/23
CAT#: PRO-083
LABEL: Protagonist Music

Flowers for Burial is an abrasive hardcore unit from upstate New York formed in 2022. Drawing influence from power-violence and grindcore, they construct fast and heavy hardcore as a backdrop to lyrics reflecting inner torment. Nicole's vocals will shred your eardrums while conveying deeply personal lyrics of suffering, trauma, and isolation. Their relentlessly punishing debut release, Animus, is 8 blistering tracks of exactly the sonic bloodletting you might expect in these troubling times. Recorded at Nada Studios, engineered by Sean-Paul Pillsworth, mixed by Taylor Young at the Pit Studio, and Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Glass Ceiling
  2. Defective
  3. Incinerate
  4. Youth
  5. Animus
  6. Rot
  7. Sheep
  8. Trapped

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Recorded at Nada Studios, engineered by Sean-Paul Pillsworth
  • Mixed by Taylor Young at the Pit Studio
  • Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air

FOR FANS OF: Regional Justice Center, Wound Man, Nails, Lesser Minds, Ingrown

Damien Done “Total Power”

LP - $15.95
STREET DATE: 7/28/23
CAT#: MOM074
LABEL: Mind Over Matter

Formed under Miami's neon lights and reborn in the post-industrial wastelands of Detroit, Damien Done plays gloomy post-punk, weaving unnerving tales through a distinct and narrative croon.

After decades as celebrated hardcore punk front-man, here Damien brings the angst of that legacy to a near-grinding halt, instead plodding forward with measured restraint and revealing influences as disparate -- and rarely-conjoined -- as gothic rock, new wave, disco and doom, with vocals that evoke comparisons to the sneering baritones of Billy Idol, Jim Morrison or Danzig.

After a lone full length album and a series of singles, EPs and oddball vinyl releases, Damien Done returns with their sophomore full length album, Total Power.

In stark contrast with 2020's To Night EP - a full-band recording with a massive, live sound - Total Power easily volleys between dark, goth-tinged rockers and minimal, electronic tracks; serving densely-layered synths and returning brooding new wave. The result is dynamic and unfolding, finding Damien Done's point of view fully realized, expressed boldly & with sophistication.

While the series of EPs and singles that have led us to Total Power might first serve as sonic disparity of the LP at hand, further listens reveal that they were simply a black-robed dress rehearsal for the maddening final show. The subject matter across Total Power covers self-abuse, murder, addiction, and unrequited love, often from the point of view of the antagonist. This lurid perspective offers a bone-chilling edge, even among the most upbeat songs on the album.

Here in the grips of Total Power, we look to the skies...but never to pray.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Maw
  2. Black Moon
  3. Pray For Me
  4. Inexorcisable
  5. Young Drugs
  6. Always On Fire
  7. Fin Dom
  8. Gentleman Thief
  9. Bounty and Blight (feat. La Femme Pendu)

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FOR FANS OF:
Billy Idol, She Wants Revenge, Sisters Of Mercy

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The Sun's Journey Through The Night "Worldless"

LP - $19.40 / CD - $10.70 / Cassette - $10.70
STREET DATE: 7/28/23
CAT#: CRR201
LABEL: Church Road

The Sun's Journey Through The Night is the creation of its masked frontman, whose true identity has always been obscured and hidden. Names have come and gone, but the moniker that has been most consistent for the dark figure behind the project is "No One".

No One has spent four years crafting his signature style of chaotic and cathartic black metal. With themes that see deep personal trauma translated into narratives that explore creation, death, the universe and life beyond humanity.

With three albums behind him, each reaching a larger audience than the last, No One began assembling a live version of the band, in order to take his comic black metal from the solitary world of one-man black metal, to the live stage. The visceral energy of this live version of the project led to live musicians Lune, Deimos and Nereid joining the band to help write the monolithic new album "Wordless".

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Abolishing Consciousness
  2. Worldless
  3. Void Walker
  4. The Black Pyramid
  5. Grief, The Star
  6. Flood of Flames
  7. Orion

FOR FANS OF:
Gaerea, The Great Old Ones, This Gift is a Curse

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THIEV "Break/Fade"

LP - $13.35
STREET DATE: 7/28/23
CAT#: PRO-086
LABEL: Protagnoist Music

Something infectious and energetic was woven through the songs of 90's melodic punk, and THIEV are tapping directly into that vein again today. With influences such as Bad Religion, AFI, Lifetime, Pennywise, and Saves the Day, their approach is to play sincere melodic hardcore with a heavy west coast influence while sticking to their NJ pop-punk/hardcore roots. Those who yearn for the catchy hooks, tasty riffs, and anthemic choruses of yesteryear will find a veritable feast of such attributes on this vinyl release which contains both EP's. And alongside the formative elements of past influence, these tracks definitely find a firm anchor in the authenticity of the present with their conscious lyrics and emotively mature songwriting. Featuring members of bands such as Hundreds of AU, Silence Equals Death, Entropy, Lesser Minds, and more, the seasoned players in THIEV are hailing a resurgence of high-energy punk rock with a long memory and a keen eye to the future. Let's go!

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Spinning
  2. Meaningless
  3. The In-Between
  4. Where We Started
  5. Noise Machine
  6. The Paint Will Fade
  7. A Break in the Fence

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Feature members Hundreds of AU, Silence Equals Death, Entropy, Hell Mary

FOR FANS OF:
Bad Religion, Pennywise, Saves the Day, AFI, Lifetime