Nerveskade / D-Clone Split 7" (Tour Version)

Tour version of this killer split. It's got a different sleeve to the regular version and comes on red vinyl. If there is any leftover you will find them at Hardcore Survives.

Nerveskade - Noise Pollution Cassette

This is the latest release from Nerveskade, a tape only release made for their recent tour of Japan. 4 cover songs originally by Disorder, Discharge, SSD and Jerry's Kids. Their version of "Boiling Point" by SSD is the stand out for me. I got mine from Hardcore Survives so try there if you want to buy one. There's a download link here for all the poor punx.

Sun Splitter - II

This album is killer! 4 tracks of heavy doom/industrial/noise spread over 30+ minutes of tape. Originally released on cdr but Land Of Decay did the right thing and gave it an analogue release on pro-dubbed high quality chrome cassettes. Sun Splitter use drum machines and samples without sounding electronic at all. There's two guitarists and a hell of a lot of riffs as well as a vocalist that goes from chanting to blackened growls. There was only 100 copies made and they're all gone from the label but if you're quick you can get one here. Highly recommended.

  Earth Burner by Sun Splitter by Landofdecay

Locrian - The Crystal World

After having Locrian's latest LP spinning on my turntable for the last few weeks I'm finally getting around to posting about it. It's not easy to describe the sounds on this record as there's quite a mix of genres all melting together to make music that's both dark and beautiful at the same time. The cover art by Justin Bartlett looks exactly like it sounds, which is what album covers should do. Fans of ambient, drone, noise and black metal would be best off getting this into your eardrums as soon as possible. LP available now from Utech Records.

Here's my favorite track "Obsidian Facades" as well as the new video for "Elevations and Depths". Give them a listen or even better play both at the same time for a bizarre mix.

Tad - 8-Way Santa

Here's another score from the record fair on the weekend. Tad's second album from 1991. This one's an Australian pressing on Waterfront Records, red vinyl. The band got sued for this cover art as they had used a found photo without permission of the couple in it. Later pressings have a photo of the band on the sleeve instead. They also got sued by Pepsi for using their logo on the 7" sleeve for Jack Pepsi, the single off this album. That's a lot of bad luck. If you haven't heard these guys before they were one of the lesser known bands in the 90s Seattle grunge scene. They've got a similar vibe to the other bands like Mudhoney, Soundgarden etc.

Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me

I spent a few hours digging through crates and crates of records at a collectors fair on the weekend. This is just one of the many gems I found. Dinosaur Jr's classic second album from 1987 on SST Records. The very first pressing of this album still had the Dinosaur title on them but were later recalled after a lawsuit made them change the name to Dinosaur Jr. My copy has the Jr title but seems to still be a very early 87 pressing on clear pink vinyl. I don't usually go out of my way to chase original pressings if there's a cheaper reissue available but in this case I scored it for $10. There's a certain nostalgic feel to original pressings though. This record was bought when the album first came out, traveled around, maybe passed hands a few times, played at parties or in some stoners bedroom and now it's getting cranked on my stereo in 2011.

Lebanon - Overdose/Overload 7"

Lebanon is a new band out of Portland with two members from From Ashes Rise, Derek Willman on bass and Brad Boatright (also of Deathreat & Warcry) on Vocals/Guitar. This is their debut 7" out now on Southern Lord, the grey splatter vinyl is a limited mailorder version. They obviously sound a little like From Ashes Rise with the same distinctive vocalist but with a total Motorhead influence mixed in. I imagine fans of their label mates Black Breath would probably be into this Hardcore/Metal hybrid. Looking forward to what comes next from these guys.

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