Loss - Life Without Hope, Death Without Reason

This is the Loss demo pressed to 10" vinyl by Parasitic Records. Loss play heavily depressing funeral doom. Very bleak lyrics and imagery, total downer vibes. If you're a fan of the genre these guys do it very well. Crushing stuff.

Noothgrush - Erode The Person

Parasitic Records have given Noothgrush's 1997 recording the vinyl release it deserved. Up there with Grief and Iron Monkey, these guys and girl made some of the best sludge/doom around. This sounds perfect on the super thick 180 gram vinyl pressing and with only 100 white / 400 black made it's not going to be around long. Highly recommended!

Mindsnare - Hanged Choked Wrists Slit

Mindsnare are a very highly regarded Australian hardcore band that have been around since 1993. I've been searching for a vinyl copy of this for many years and have finally managed to score one. It's such a killer record that I doubt many people would ever part with one if they owned it, which means it very rarely pops up on ebay. Pretty much everyone in the Australian hardcore and metal scenes loves these guys but I don't know how well they're known overseas so I thought I would post this for the international readers out there. This is one of the best Aussie Hardcore albums ever made so seek it out and listen!

Amebix - Knights Of The Black Sun

Knights Of The Black Sun is the first new song to be heard from the reformed Amebix. It's been released as a 280 gram single sided 12" with etched B-side by Profane Existence which is very over the top but the sound quality is pretty rad. I must state that I am a huge Amebix fan and have been eagerly anticipating this new material. When I first heard this I really wanted to like it and kept playing it over and over trying to figure out if I did. I've had this for a couple of weeks now and I'm still undecided. The first half of the song I'm not really into but the last half I'm starting to enjoy. This is only one of nine songs off the new album Sonic Mass so hopefully the best is still to come. 

Kromosom - 8 Tracks 12"

Just got the latest 12" from Kromosom and after repeat listens I'd say this will probably be the Australian release of the year. This just fucking punishes! There's been quite a line up change since the demo recording with only half the members staying on and Yeap now taking on vocal duties. Half of the songs are from the demo but with this re-recording they sound even more crushing. This is a split release between 4 labels from 4 different countries so you should be able to find one in a distro near you.

Nerveskade - 2009 Tour Tape

This is probably the closest I'll get to owning the Nerveskade demo. It's got a few tracks from the 7" and 12" and the demo on the B side. 100 were made up for their US tour in January 2009.

Dead Language - LP

Here's the debut record from Power Violence supergroup Dead Language. Members involved also play in Iron Lung, Walls, Pig Heart Transplant, Solutions and No Comment. It's hard to read exactly who does what as the lyrics, credits etc are all printed inside the sleeve. I think the whole concept for the artwork must have been to make everything hard to read as all the text on the front and back sleeve is a clear gloss. This is a nice smelling cover too, not that I usually sniff my records but I did notice this smelt rather pleasant and reminded me of trading cards I used to collect as a kid. It sounds just as good as it smells, damn good in fact. 20 minutes of the best modern power violence you're likely to hear this year! If you're into any of the aforementioned bands then you should go get this from Iron Lung Records now.