Twitching Tongues "Sleep Therapy"

2xLP - $22.50
STREET DATE: 4/28/23
CAT#: CCA100
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

Sleep Therapy Redux features the entire Sleep Therapy era of the band remixed by engineer and Twitching Tongues founding member Taylor Young of The Pit Recording Studio and remastered Brad Boatright of Audiosiege over a double lp gatefold package. Tracks include the full Sleep Therapy recording session (including unreleased material), the original 2010 demo and covers from both Pentagram & Type O Negative. Artwork from the original layout has been re-imaged by artist Mark McCoy (Full of Hell, Charles Bronson, Regional Justice Center) on a matte finish gatefold lp jacket complimented by UV spot varnish.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. I Fell From Grace
  2. Insane & Inhumane
  3. Astigmatism (Of the Phallic Muscle)
  4. Distance Clause
  5. Sleep Therapy
  6. Somnus
  7. Voluntary Confinment
  8. Arm in Armageddon Pt. 1:Freezing
  9. Arm in Armageddon Pt. 2:Peril of Our Season
  10. Forever My Queen
  11. Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10^-8 cm^-3 gm^-1 sec^-2
  12. Razors Edge
  13. No Gold
  14. Loveless Nightmare

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Remixed by Taylor Young (Xibalba, God's Hate)
  • Remastered by Brad Boatright (Converge, Obituary)

Wallowing “Earth Reaper”

LP - $18.75 / CD - $9.60
STREET DATE: 4/28/23
CAT#: CRR193
LABEL: Church Road

From the bands conception in 2018, the faceless UK based Sci-fi/extreme metal troop WALLOWING have gone strength to drastic strength, being quickly labelled as one of the UK's 'must see live bands' pre-lockdown (something they have enthusiastically kept up into 2023), to finding their feet within the expanded metal and science fiction communities throughout the covid-19 pandemic. Through the release of their debut album 'PLANET LOSS' (via Sludgelord Records (UK) and Black Voodoo Records (USA), paired with their first dive into retro-styled comic books, graphic novels and action figures during covid-19 lockdown, the band rapidly gained a strong and dedicated following spanning the globe - A committed fanbase that they were able to count upon once the world opened again, allowing the band to embark on two extensive tours of the UK, perform internationally for the first time, collaborate with musicians in the USA on a split record, and re-release their debut album in Asia (via Gutless Productions).

Their explosive, riff fueled 2019 debut concept album 'PLANET LOSS' struck an eerie chord with many for it's dark foretelling of a grim reality that could befall our own planet in the not-too-distant future. Receiving global praise from press, the underground metal scene and ironically becoming the "soundtrack to the end" for many throughout 2020, has poised WALLOWING perfectly for the release of their Church Road Records debut; EARTH REAPER - their most intense and expansive release to date.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. A World Weeping
  2. Flesh and Steel
  3. Echoes of the Outer Reaches
  4. Cries of Estima
  5. Obliteration
  6. Cyborg Asphyxiation
  7. Earth Reaper

FOR FANS OF:
Primitive Man, Bismuth, Conjurer

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The St Pierre Snake Invasion “Galore”

LP - $19.40
STREET DATE: 4/21/23
CAT#: CRR189
LABEL: Church Road

galore (/ɡəˈlɔː/) - adjective: in abundance.

Formed in the bygone barren period for British rock music that were the nascent 2010s, The St Pierre Snake Invasion have consistently shown themselves to be an unapologetically creative force.

Spearheaded by their frontman, and founding member Damien Sayell, the band have gone from strength to strength since the release of the Flesh EP (July 9th 2011) with a slew of beloved and increasingly daring releases, all bolstered by incendiary and enigmatic live shows.

The long gap between debut album, A Hundred Years A Day (October 31st 2015) and the release of underground sophomore smash Caprice Enchanté (June 21st 2019) was something the five-piece were reticent to repeat, but circumstance beyond the Bristolians' control dictates that third LP, Galore, comes to us in a markedly different world than the one in which St Pierre were building their reputation and acclaim.

Sayell himself has been adamant that this latest offering would not be a COVID album. He did not want it to address the ubiquitous isolation of global lockdown. It immediately would date the record to a fixed point in time and not allow its ideas to flourish and find a receptive audience for a continued period. Instead, the changes represented in Galore are so fundamentally powerful and relatable to the human condition. It is an album centered around universally resonant themes of growth.

The summer of 2021 saw the birth of Sayell's first child. The concurrent writing of the band's third LP has, naturally, been greatly informed by the experience of impending fatherhood. Wondering about one's own impact on a life that you have been a part in creating, the anxieties of what will be passed down to another generation, and reflections on garnered wisdom with age; these are the key themes that bring us to the band's magnum opus to date.

Alongside these introspective lyrics, the band's sound has taken on new life. Where Carprice Enchanté was primarily informed by the musicality of Every Time I Die, The Chariot, Refused and Mclusky, Galore builds on this framework by incorporating influences as disparate as LCD Soundsystem, Soulwax and Meshuggah into a coherent and daring whole. A song like That There's Fighting Talk sees seething aggression taken to a mathcore nightclub, while the title track and Apex Prey see the band exploring looser, quieter melodicism alongside Sang Froid's Aisling Whiting, who brings a stake dynamic counterpart to Sayell in a beautiful and captivating performance.

There are still tracks reminiscent of the band's previous work, such as Submechano and Sleep Well - the latter featuring a sterling guest appearance from Sugar Horse's Ashley Tubb - in which we hear the brash punk attitude St Pierre's ever-growing fanbase adore. But ultimately, from the opening syncopated notes of Pete Reisner's percussion and Sayell's distinctive vocals on Kracked Velvet, it's impossible not to hear the palpable shift to another echelon of artistic uniqueness.

Ultimately, while the band explore these universal themes of growth and rumination therein and retain a distinctly 'St Pierre' sound, they are one step deeper into a marvelous career, striving for an unrivaled and unique sound. And The St Pierre Snake Invasion have that uniqueness in abundance.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Kracked Velvet
  2. Midas
  3. Submechano
  4. Galore
  5. To Sleep Well
  6. Every Sun
  7. The Overlook
  8. Apex Prey
  9. That There's Fighting Talk
  10. I Pray To Liars

FOR FANS OF:
The Chariot, Every Time I Die, Converge, The Armed

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Painful Choice "Demo"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 4/21/23
CAT#: SDR-095
LABEL: Sunday Drive

In a span of 3 minutes, a huge wave of love, loss, and progression is explored on the demo from Atlanta hardcore band, Painful Choice. Formed in 2022 and originally released on Armageddon Records, the demo is an explosive release, full of melody and emotion. Painful Choice embraces the sound of DC’s Revolution Summer era bands, Rites of Spring and Gray Matter—while naturally melding their hometown influences from the likes of Car vs. Driver and Abuse of Power. The demo is available again now on cassette tape, with new music to come later in 2023.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Rafael
  2. Nueva Realidad
  3. Boca Ciega

FOR FANS OF:
Embrace, Rites of Spring, Fiddlehead

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Vamachara "No Roses On My Grave"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $7.00
LP UPC: 197187660032
CD UPC: 197188600310
STREET DATE: 4/28/23
CAT#: CLCR116
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

The anticipated Sophomore full length from Southern California's Vamachara, featuring nine new tracks of unrelenting metallic hardcore. Recorded and Mixed by Taylor Young of The Pit Recording Studio, Mastered by Brad Boatright of Audiosiege and featuring artwork by Digital Void & Kiabad Meza. Vinyl comes packaged in a matte jacket with UV spot varnish and a printed innersleeve.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. From Miles Away
  2. How Long Until It Kills Me
  3. Pincushion
  4. Anathema
  5. 10551
  6. Desires Deceased
  7. Nemesis
  8. Atone
  9. Make Your Exit

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Engineered and produced by Taylor Young

FOR FANS OF:
God's Hate, Vein.fm, Code Orange and END

God Is War & Andrew Nolan "The Hunt"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 4/14/23
CAT#: CLCR101
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

God Is War the Los Angeles-based artist and producer a.k.a. Mack Chami joins forces with Toronto-based Andrew Nolan (Intensive Care, Column of Heaven, The Endless Blockade) for The Hunt [Closed Casket Activities], and stretch boundaries into oblivion without compromise.

Friends and occasional collaborators for over a decade, throughout 2022, they assembled The Hunt, pooling their respective talents into one vision. "Andrew brings order to my chaos," notes Mack. "I'll do my glitchy stuff, and he'll pick out the parts he likes the most and makes them more cohesive. I feel like we're pushing forward by using more unconventional electronic music approaches to create a dark and heavy electronic mashup of dubstep, IDM, and hip-hop,"

Continuing this line of thought Andrew observes "the origins of industrial, power electronics, techno, dub, and hip hop all have similar stories when it comes to technology; people repurposing cheap consumer electronics to create new forms and expressions and building genres out of these experiments. Why not apply hip hop sampling techniques to feedback? Why not process drums like you're making a noise record?"

The result of this cross-pollination is a harrowing détournement of contemporary electronic music's utopianism, presenting the listener with a post-apocalyptic dubstep, a vision of a block party after the oil runs out.

The title track "The Hunt" illustrates the power of their alchemy. The production booms with a cavernous rumble, leaving space for New Villain of No Face Krew to stalk the rhythm with incisive rhymes on the record's sole vocal passage. "It's the hardest track on the album," Mack states. "Andrew, New Villain, and I are gentlemen who aren't just sitting around hoping that something takes off. We're all very active in music. As we continue to get our footing more, it's like our hunts get meaner and meaner. You don't just hunt once in a lifetime; you hunt for a lifetime."

Speaking of hunting, the duo bare their teeth on the industrialized soundscape architecture of "I Paint Houses." Menace seeps through the cracks between the bludgeoning beat-craft as the title nods to a phrase from Martin Scorsese's epic The Irishman."The whole idea of painting houses is you shoot someone and blood sprays on the wall," he reveals. "I make music that embodies those darker vibes."

In the end, The Hunt unapologetically pulls audiences into the unknown. "I'm hoping this can inspire other folks to look at a new way of making beats." Mack concludes.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. I Paint Houses
  2. The Hunt (Feat. New Villain)
  3. No Dog In You
  4. Pressin' On You
  5. Devil's Smile (See You When I See You)
  6. Now You See It, Now You Don't... But You Know It's There So Come With Me
  7. Traversing Shadows
  8. Undermining Your Life
  9. Smoky Backroom Card Game Heist
  10. Think As You Like But Act As Others

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Layout by Give Up
  • Vinyl color limited to 300 copies

FOR FANS OF:
The Body, JK Flesh, Dalek

Squid Pisser "My Tadpole Legion"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00
LP UPC: 727785353052
CD UPC: 727785353052
STREET DATE: 4/14/23
CAT#: 31G135
LABEL: Three One G

SQUID PISSER eviscerates the ego and and all things serene with their own vibrant form of vicious and mucky hardcore. Slamming down dolphin corpses at breakneck speeds, the duo, which is comprised of Tommy Meehan on guitar (Deaf Club, Cancer Christ, Sweatband Records, Cartoon Network) and Seth Carolina (Starcrawler), have constructed a fresh and mucousy new alien craft powered by tightly controlled noise-guitar, savage primal drum work, and gooped up vocal deliveries that might sound like a gaggle of frogs thrown into a garbage disposal (although the Squid boys wouldn't recommend doing this).

Conceptualized and formed in 2022, the band decided to fully utilize planet Earth's viral slumber in order to gestate, write, and record 2 full length albums worth of material. Throughout the year, SQUID PISSER played a handful of shows in California and Nevada as a 2 piece as they continued the quest for further personnel and collaborators. Tommy Meehan's tightly controlled noise-onslaught of rainbow vomit (spat out of a guitar amp via manic pedalboard wizardry and sophisticated finger work) paired with the utterly brutal, breakneck, and savage drumming of Seth Carolina, merge to create a collection of tracks that have been forged in a totally fucked and sonically chaotic storm of pus and goo.

Their debut release, MY TADPOLE LEGION, is a mutated smorgasbord of songs and guest vocalists from projects like: MELT BANANA, NEKROGOBLIKON, CANCER CHRIST, PUNCH, THE LOCUST, WACKO, and more. Also featured prominently is John Clardy of TERA MELOS on drums for 3 of the songs.

My Tadpole Legion was mixed by Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, GODCITY STUDIOS) and mastered by Alan Douches (West West Side Music).

Track Listing:

  1. Liquified Remains
  2. Violence Forever feat. Meghan O'Neil (Punch, King Woman)
  3. Marching for Trash feat. Arrow DeWilde (Starcrawler)
  4. The Everlasting Bloat feat. Nicky Calonne (Nekrogoblikon)
  5. My Tadpole Legion feat. Yako (Melt-Banana), John Clardy (Tera Melos)
  6. Both feat. Zaine Drayton (of WACKO), Clardy
  7. Vibe Monster feat. Joseph K. Karam (The Locust), Clardy
  8. Fuck Your Preacher feat. St. Anthony (Cancer Christ)
  9. Lord of the Frog feat. DJ EMBRYONIC PETIT SAC

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Features members of MELT BANANA, NEKROGOBLIKON, CANCER CHRIST, PUNCH, THE LOCUST, WACKO and Tera Melos.

FOR FANS OF:
The Locust, Tera Melos, Melt Banana

Touché Amoré "To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 847191066664
STREET DATE: 4/14/23
CAT#: CNDLNC03Rv
LABEL: Condolences

Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, TOUCHÉ AMORÉ set themselves against the glamour and greed of their hometown culture with ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse, the passionate debut LP set for release through 6131/Collect Records. Where TOUCHÉ AMORÉ's demo 7" on No Sleep Records was full of promise, ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse never feels fully realized: the guitars bend and weave but always maintain their drive, the rhythms are frequently off kilter but never off-time and the vocals are screamed at the edge of breaking up but they're always exciting, pleasing even. Featuring guest vocals by THURSDAY'S Geoff Rickly and MODERN LIFE IS WAR'S Jeff Eaton, ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse was recorded by Alex Estrada at Earth Capital Studios and mastered by Paul Miner (SUICIDE FILE, NEW FOUND GLORY, UNBROKEN).

TRACK LISTING:

  1. And Now It's Happening In Mine
  2. Honest Sleep
  3. Cadence
  4. Throwing Copper
  5. Swimming With Sharks
  6. History Reshits Itself
  7. Suckerfish
  8. Broken Records
  9. Nine
  10. Always Running, Never Looking Back
  11. Adieux

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Repress of TA's classic debut
  • Features guest vocals by Geoff Rickley (Thursday) and Jeff Eaton (Modern Life Is War)

FOR FANS OF:
Title Fight, La Dispute, Hot Water Music

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Touché Amoré "Dead Horse X"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 847191102973
STREET DATE: 4/14
CAT#: Condolences
LABEL: Condolence

The 2019 rerecording of ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse was recorded by Zach Tuch and mixed by CONVERGE’S Kurt Ballou. Tuch served as an engineer on the band’s 2018 single “Green.” Rickley and Jeff Eaton of MODERN LIFE IS WAR also rerecorded their guest appearances for the new version. “You might be asking ‘Why re-record this album?’ Mostly, it’s because we physically couldn’t remix and remaster the 2009 version due to all the files being lost when the hard drive containing them crashed,” the band’s Jeremy Bolm explained in a statement. “We also just loved the idea of [drummer Elliot Babin] and [bassist Tyler Kirby] getting to play on this album as they weren’t in the band at the time. We wanted the songs to sound like how we’ve been playing them these last bunch of years. Faster and with more energy. So that’s what you get here.” This is the first standalone pressing of the re-recorded version (previously released as part of the deluxe version of the original album).

TRACK LISTING:

  1. And Now It’s Happening In Mine
  2. Honest Sleep
  3. Cadence
  4. Throwing Copper
  5. Swimming With Sharks
  6. History Reshits Itself
  7. Suckerfish
    08.. Broken Records
  8. Nine
  9. Always Running, Never Looking Back
  10. Adieux

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Re-recording of TA's debut's release
  • Mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Every Time I Die, Cave In)
  • Features guest vocals by Geoff Rickley (Thursday) and Jeff Eaton (Modern Life Is War)

FOR FANS OF:
Title Fight, La Dispute, Hot Water Music

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Scowl "Psychic Dance Routine"

12"EP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $10.70 / CDEP - $10.70
12"EP UPC: 603111758213
CASSETTE UPC: 603111758244
CDEP UPC: 603111758220
STREET DATE: 4/7/223
CAT#: FSR69
LABEL: Flatspot

Scowl has quickly made a name for themselves as one of the most vivid and hard-working acts in the rock world. Since the release of their debut album, How Flowers Grow in late 2021, the band has become a powerful force to be reckoned with. Lauded for its reality-driven, aggressive blend of hardcore-punk, the critically-acclaimed album opened up new doors for the band, including a non-stop touring schedule. As new music began to take shape, it was no surprise that experiencing most of their lives on the road would greatly influence the next phase of Scowl.

Enter Psychic Dance Routine.

Since forming in 2019, the band has consistently eschewed being pigeon-holed, moving far beyond the confines of what a typical “hardcore” band is considered. Floral motifs lace their artwork and merchandise, they’ve notably toured with diverse acts like Limp Bizkit and Destroy Boys, and one of the most talked about tracks on How Flowers Grow was a melodic number with a saxophone solo. On Psychic Dance Routine, Scowl continue to push the boundaries of their sound and artistic presence, now laying somewhere between hardcore and alternative. As the band puts it, “it’s like Negative Approach meets The Breeders.”

In September 2022, the Santa Cruz, California band traveled to Pennsylvania to seclude themselves in the studio for a week, recording with Grammy-nominated producer Will Yip at Studio 4. Working with Yip was a completely collaborative experience as he not only brought life to these songs, but greatly encouraged Kat Moss as she worked on her elevated vocal style found across the record. The highlights and challenges of performing, whether in the studio, on tour, or in the act that is life, became a recurring notion on the five track EP.

As Moss states; “I chose to revolve the main theme around performance. This is both literal and figurative, as the band has been on tour practically all of 2022. My perspective of being consumed as the version of myself that is ‘performing’ has shifted dramatically, while simultaneously grappling with the experience of being a feminine artist in a world that doesn’t always take you seriously.”

Lead single “Opening Night” sets the stage marrying edgy melodies with dynamic riffs. Stylistically, Scowl evokes the same feeling as first hearing bands like Sonic Youth and The Strokes, making sounding cool seem almost effortless. “Shot Down” encompasses the battle of fear versus confidence in both lyrical and sonic form, as the band teeters between circle-pit ready moments and sugary hooks. The most vulnerable and pivotal moment of the EP comes in the title track “Psychic Dance Routine.” Moss and the band emphasize their capability of writing a striking indie-alternative song filled with breathy vocals, lush melodies, and a fundamental introspective for the entire release.

“​​The best way I can define Psychic Dance Routine is that it represents the mental gymnastics or ‘dance routine’ one might have to participate in order to telepathically project their feelings or emotions to another person because they no longer have the ability to express themselves with words” comments Moss on where the title derives. She concludes, “The overarching theme of this EP lies heavily in the definition of the name— I wanted to lyrically express feelings of alienation and loneliness as well as questioning my own reality. I made an effort to speak more with metaphors as I wanted these topics to be relevant to other people.”

On Psychic Dance Routine Scowl has exemplified their ethos of being true to themselves through creating innovative song structures and personable lyrics. Their ability to be genre fluid intersects with their up for anything attitude, whether that means playing in a fast food drive-in parking lot or hitting the stage at Coachella. It’s all just part of the plan for the ever-evolving band that is Scowl.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Shot Down
  2. Psychic Dance Routine
  3. Wired
  4. Opening Night
  5. Sold Out

MARKETING POINTS:

  • SCOWL is one of the most exciting bands in Punk/Hardcore at the moment
  • Can appeal to not only the Hardcore crowd but also Punk, Metal, Rock and Alternative demographics too
  • Has toured w/ The Chats, Show Me The Body, Circle Jerks, Destroy Boys, Limp Bizkit, Drug Church, and More
  • Will tour US, AUSTRALIA, UK, EUROPE in 2023
  • Playing Coachella, Flatspot World, Sick New World, Outbreak, Bamboozle Festivals in 2023
  • A perfect hardcore release that will stand the test of time!
  • Has played festivals such as Sound & Fury, Outbreak, FYA, Act Like You Know, Promcore, etc.
  • Recorded by Grammy Nominated Producer, Will Yip (Turnstile, Code Orange, Turnover)
  • Screenprinted B-Side
  • Pressed on Colored Vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
Negative Approach, The Breeders, Amyl & The Sniffers

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Fange "Privation"

LP - $17.50
STREET DATE: 4/7/23
CAT#: THRT090
LABEL: Throatruiner

Born out of shared obsessions for stark aesthetics, bold moves and uncomfortable sounds, FANGE's music never stopped evolving since their inception in 2013, transfiguring their sludge roots with death metal then industrial influences. A singularity affirmed with an unexpected, brutal switch to drum machines on late 2019. If the first half of the pandemic saw the breton band exploring their new-found sound over a slab of savage releases ("Pudeur", "Poigne" and "Pantocrator"), the second half was willingly spent off-grid, fully dedicated to their next move.

The result appears under the form of "Privation", their fourth full-length. Clocking in at 40 minutes and seven tracks, the now-quartet raises the bar at every single level to serve their vision : writing more memorable, emotionally-charged tracks without sacrificing the maniacal abrasion of their previous material. This album appears as FANGE's most expressive work, not afraid to balance their trademark wall of noise with more tempered elements, with clean guitars channelling the bleakness of post-punk and cold wave. Pursuing that same intent, vocals appears more versatile and nuanced than ever, while the striking work on sound design and production unveils new details with every listen. "Privation" is nothing but a tour-de-force in a now rock-solid discography, from a band that ignores how to play it safe, nor how to fulfill anything else than their own desires.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. À La Racine
  2. Sang-Vinaigre
  3. Les Crocs Limés
  4. Né Pour Trahir
  5. Enfers Inoculés
  6. Portes D'Ivoire
  7. Extrême-Onction

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Recorded and mixed by Cyrille Gachet (Year Of No Light, Verdun, Chaos Echoes)
  • Mastered by Alan Douches (Converge, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan)
  • Guest vocals on "Portes D'Ivoire" by Cédric Toufouti (Hangman's Chair)
  • Guest vocals on "Né Pour Trahir" by Cindy Sanchez (Lisieux, Candélabre)
  • Upcoming european tour with Imperial Triumphant

FOR FANS OF:
The Body, Street Sects, Morbid Angel

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Trembler "Folding"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 4/7/23
CAT#: SDR-091
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Released at the end of 2022, “Folding” is the sophomore LP from Houston alternative-rock band, Trembler. With the help of producer, Corey Coffman (Gleemer) the band was able to reinvent their sound on “Folding”. While the band focused on indie/emo music on their debut, “Folding” finds Trembler vastly expanding their soundscape—leaning both heavy and soft in the realm of alternative rock.

There’s an introduction of many atmospheric layers and noisy guitars that pair perfectly with solemnly catchy vocal melodies and introspective lyrics from vocalist Luke Gonzales. Trembler is creating a unique sound in this genre in 2023—with songs that get stuck in your head and pass quickly, due to the bands’ attentive sequencing and sharp songwriting.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Permission
  2. Lizards
  3. Hiding
  4. Fluorescent Green
  5. Supplemental
  6. Hellisyourface
  7. Concrete
  8. WSD

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Produced by Corey Coffman (Gleemer)

FOR FANS OF:
Radiohead, Duster, Low

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Ohhms "Rot"

LP - $17.90 / CD - $8.00
STREET DATE: 3/31/23
CAT#: CRR165
LABEL: Church Road

Following a string of singles released by Church Road Records over 2022, UK post sludge headbangers ((OHHMS)) have announced the release of their 4th full-length album - entitled ‘Rot’. Due for release on March 31st, 2023, ‘Rot’ is eight tracks of uncompromising riff-filled and horror fuelled songs.

Each track takes its inspiration from the horror movies that have impacted the band's psyche since the release of their previous album, Close. From the lyrical drive to the rhythms and tempo changes on the drums, from the tone of the layered guitars to the dual vocal approach on several of the cuts, ‘Rot’ sees the group push forward into unexplored pastures.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Tonight's Feature Presentation
  2. Let’s Scare Jessica To Death
  3. Eaten Alive
  4. Blood Feast
  5. Body Melt
  6. A Dark Song
  7. The Mephisto Waltz
  8. Sisters
  9. Swamp Thing

FOR FANS OF:
Baroness, Torche

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Spiritkiller “Two Thousand Twenty Three”

CASSETTE - $4.10
STREET DATE: 3/31/2023
CAT#: PRO-084
LABEL: Protagonist Music

Spiritkiller will make you move, but leaves behind the mosh-heavy content and instead focuses on the dynamics and coherence that was so prevalent in 90's hardcore. The band carefully aims to lock you into a groove with the use of solid drumming and catchy strings. Topping it all off is the mission to get some lyrics stuck in your head and ultimately view the music as a chance to promote some self-awareness. Featuring members of: Hundreds of AU, Endicott, Lariat, At War With Shadows, Black Kites, and more, this is thoughtful hardcore. This is Spiritkiller from Albany, NY.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. The Spiral
  2. New Economy
  3. Blind to Myself
  4. Unconditional

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Featuring members of Hundreds of AU, Endicott, At War With Shadows, Lariat, Black Kites

FOR FANS OF:
Unbroken, 108, Snapcase, Undertow, One King Down, Endeavor

Bad Blood “The Bad Kind Decides”

12"EP - $15.30
STREET DATE: 3/31/23
CAT#: FSR68
LABEL: Flatspot

“No nonsense hardcore with a punch and a pulse.” That’s how Scott Vogel (Terror, Buried Alive) introduces Bad Blood, the newest project featuring the esteemed vocalist. The band formed in Buffalo, NY after tossing around the idea of playing music together with guitarists Eric Ellman (They Live, Violent Way) and Mason Hutchins (Violent Way), bassist Greg Vinal (Exhibition), and drummer Nick Terlecky (Violent Way). The result is the five brutal tracks that make up The Bad Kind Decides EP, set for release on Flatspot Records. The songs were laid down live with producer Jay Zubricky at GCR studios and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air studios. Taking influence from ‘80s hardcore bands like Warzone and Brotherhood, Bad Blood have created a fast, in your face sound with lyrics that deal with the negativities of reality. With the release of ​​The Bad Kind Decides, Bad Blood is packing honesty in aggression that’s set to connect from your headphones to the pit.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. 716 Bust / Bad Blood
  2. Fear Is All
  3. Lost To Sin
  4. Apology Denied
  5. The Bad Kind

MARKETING POINTS:

  • New band from Buffalo NY featuring members of TERROR, BURIED ALIVE, VIOLENT WAY, EXHIBITION, and more
  • Can appeal to not only the Hardcore crowd but also Punk, Metal, Rock and Alternative demographics too
  • Playing Flatspot World 2023
  • Screenprinted B-Side
  • Classic Hardcore w/ a rough edge
  • A perfect hardcore release that will stand the test of time!
  • Recorded by Jay Zubricky (Every Time I Die, Buried Alive, Terror) at GCR

FOR FANS OF:
Warzone, Brotherhood, Zero Tolerance

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Elder "Innate Passage"

2xLP - $26.00 / CD - $10.40
STREET DATE: 3/31/22
CAT#: AS020
LABEL: Armageddon Shop

Innate Passage is the sixth Elder full-length. It finds the mostly-Berlin-based band in the post-pandemic era as veterans at the forefront of a league of progressive and heavy groups working in large part under their influence; a stately presence as reliably forward-thinking as they are unpredictable in sound. They are among the most important acts of their mostly-still-emerging generation. Genuine leaders in style and expressive intention. Innate Passage is further proof why.

In Spring 2020, Elder released their fifth album, Omens, and with it established a claim on their most prog leaning interpretation of sprawling heavy rock and roll. Two years later, Innate Passage builds on many similar concepts, but outdoes its predecessor on every level of performance, weight of its impact, interplay between founder Nick DiSalvo and Mike Risberg’s guitars and keys, the now-settled-in drumming of Georg Edert – who made his debut on Omens – and bassist Jack Donovan’s tonal warmth underscoring the shimmer of DiSalvo’s leads.

Says DiSalvo: “This record channels the surreal world we live in from a fantastical point of view, not super-literally, and how we as humans processed that; everyone on their own passage through time and space and whatever version of reality they chose for themselves. The phrase ‘Innate Passage’ appeared to me when writing the record. Passage and transition are necessary in the human condition and this process is intrinsic to us. All the growth and introspection we underwent in the past few years totally made this apparent to me more so than any other experiences in life so far.”

“Catastasis” begins Innate Passage with a pointedly bright perspective and the most complex vocal harmonies that Elder have ever produced. Alongside DiSalvo, Innate Passage features a guest singer for the first time in Behrang Alavi (Samavayo), who adds his voice to what’s already a career performance for DiSalvo as a singer; his voice is more confident, has more presence, and more reach than ever before. That is but one way in which Innate Passage steps boldly deeper into this new era for Elder.

Whether it’s a shredding lead in the culmination of “Endless Return” or the willfully patient, almost meandering, build into the crescendo and fade of “Merged in Dreams/Ne Plus Ultra,” Elder are poised as never before as they execute this material. In centerpiece “Coalescence,” they offer Opeth-worthy rhythmic intricacy and piano drama offset by crunching heavy guitar and twisting leads, and in “The Purpose,” they craft a wash of melody that is engrossing without sacrificing any clarity of the individual instruments that make it.

As the album ends with soft guitar in an answer to the intro of “Catastasis,” the sense of wholeness that comes through is one more aspect arguing for Elder as singularly crucial. Innate Passage is a culmination of everything they’ve done before, and that’s reason to celebrate, but more, it is that after more than 15 years, they’re still pushing forward to places where neither they nor anyone they’ve influenced have yet gone. – JJ Koczan, Sept. 2022.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Catastasis
  2. Endless Return
  3. Coalescence
  4. Merged In Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra
  5. The Purpose

FOR FANS OF:
Sleep, Windhand, Pallbearer

Money "Money"

12"EP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 3/24/23
CAT#: SDR071
LABEL: Sunday Drive

“Money” is the debut self-titled EP from Oklahmona alternative-rock band, Money. Coming from the Oklahoma DIY music scene—currently populated with diverse bands rich in punk/hardcore to shoegaze and alternative rock—Money delivers some of the heaviest straight-forward alternative rock music their town has to offer. Sharing members with the local OK band, Cursetheknife and inspired by late ‘90s bands like Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins and Far, Money’s songs are full of heavy bass, noisy guitars, and echoing vocals, where the band can easily fit on local shoegaze lineup, but slightly more heavy to fit on a punk/hardcore show. From the opener, “Trajector” to the closer, “Slower Hell”, Money does an excellent job in making these songs flow seamlessly while keeping the listener engaged and transfixed with sludgy guitars, clever interludes, and strong hooks on each song.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Fuct
  2. Down4ever
  3. Budd Dwyer
  4. Slower Hell

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Featuring members of Cursetheknife (New Morality Zine)
  • Featuring the track "Fuct"
  • Album has over 400k lifetime streams

FOR FANS OF:
Deftones, Narrow Head, Nothing

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Academy Order “The Devil Spoke”

CASSETTE - $4.75
STREET DATE: 3/17/23
CAT#: PRO-080
LABEL: Protagonist

Academy Order is a punk/death rock outfit formed in Philadelphia in 2021. They released a six song EP entitled “To Wilt Without Shame” via Denver’s Convulse Records that same winter which was very well-received, sold out of press, and was subsequently re-issued by Protagonist. The group blends punk, death rock, and new wave that calls to mind Christian Death, 45 Grave, and Clan of Xymox, with touches of early Oi and hardcore such as Blitz and TSOL. Here they have returned with “The Devil Spoke" which captures their continued growth and strong focus on demanding and infectious songwriting, while teasing listeners for what is yet to come...

TRACK LISTING:

  1. The Devil Spoke
  2. Death in the American South
  3. Perennial Sun (Cassette Exclusive Track)

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Featuring members of Stud Count, Drill Sergeant
  • Art & Design by Preston Weippert (Of Feather And Bone)
  • Includes download card

FOR FANS OF:
Killing Joke, 45 Grave, Stud Count, Christian Death, TSOL, Clan of Xymox