Entertainment System Failure

2011-09-09T05:01:00.001-07:00

Darker Handcraft

2011-02-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

This is the new Trap Them record. Get it over with already.
Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

I Will Die Today

2011-01-29T15:12:00.000-08:00

We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian, whether you're a Muslim, whether you're an Atheist,
you will demand your goddamn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or the other.
We will never be silenced.

Alpinist

2011-01-16T08:55:00.000-08:00

Alpinist is a crust/screamo band from Germany playing music meant to be understood by those who are sick of musical trends, those who wanna live out music with dedication, and those who believe in expressing their own ideals through their own art.

Demo
Minus Mensch
Alpinist & Finisterre Split
LICHTLÆRM

2011-01-08T06:38:00.000-08:00

Breaking Point

Derrota & Horrör

2010-12-28T05:29:00.000-08:00

Christmas gifts! from Crust-Country, Spain.
These two bands have a lot in common, being part of the new wave of crust from Spain, having released a split together and above all the groovy feeling in their music.

Derrota

I II III IV

&

Horrör

I II

Gun Mob

2010-12-15T05:38:00.000-08:00

The amazing drummer from Planks also plays in Gun Mob, a German crust band at the same level as Planks.
They do it better for me, aesthetically speaking.
They have a split out so feel free.
Gun Mob/Pyramido Split

The Darkest Of Grays

2010-12-15T03:46:00.001-08:00

Planks new record is out and killing it.

DIE

Does it get any better than this?

2010-12-10T01:35:00.001-08:00

and no colors in the middle

Wrathcobra & Masakari

2010-11-22T15:42:00.000-08:00

Wrathcobra

Masakari

Whatever Man

2010-11-17T14:36:00.000-08:00

Before I Hit The Bottom

2010-11-03T11:08:00.000-07:00

Original Black Flag 's singer Keith Morris has a new band, OFF!
Why care?

Great album, with 4 songs each clocking approximately under 1 minute, that's some fast shit for these old dudes!
You listen to it here
Ready for another great video?

Check their myspace page for more great videos, whoever films these is great.
Nothing beats the live performance though, if you ask me.
So here, jaws will be dropped.

2010-10-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

20 long years and still strugglin'

BITE ME

La Casa Fantom

2010-10-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

No video will do them justice. Go see them, they are touring.

02.10 : Koma F, Berlin, Germany together with Pessimistic lines
03.10 : Mitropa-Keller, Eisenberg, Germany
04.10 : Gerber1, Weimar, Germany
05.10 : Disentrum,Prague, Czech
06.10 : Cafe Marat, Munich, Germany
07.10 : Menza pri koritu, Ljubliana, Slovenia
08.10 : Slovenia
09.10 : Rijeka, Croatia
11.10 : Gallery Elektrika, Pancevo, Serbia
12.10 : Skopje, Makedonia
14.10 : Thessaloniki, Greece
16.10 : Patra, Greece
20.10 : Szege, Hungary
22.10 : Roham terasz, Bupadest, Hungary
24.10 : Cadca, Slovakia,
25.10 : i:DA, Wien, Austria
26.10 : Novy Jicin, Czech
27.10 : Kawiarnia Naukowa, Krakow, Poland together with DNO
28.10 : Wroclaw, Poland together with DNO
29.10 : Rozbrat, Poznan, Poland together with DNO
30.10 : Warsawa, Poland together with DNO

Do i need to say more?
Maybe i do
Then i will
:: http://www.lacasafantom.com/ ::

J-Siqness

2010-10-15T03:11:00.000-07:00

What is this, i have no words.

2010-10-15T03:04:00.000-07:00

Fluff Fest Sickness.Deeply in love with her.Get this over with

2010-10-01T08:07:00.000-07:00

NO LIFE

TO LIVE

2010-09-27T11:10:00.000-07:00

I AM NOT HUMAN ANYMORE.

Manes

2010-09-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

Mixing black metal with electronics, sickness and an overall avant-garde attitude to the whole project, Manes were great.
Apparently the band has broken up. Shame.

Vilosophe
Unter Ein Blodraud Maane
How The World Came To An End
Solve Et Coagula

Kriegshög

2010-09-21T04:02:00.000-07:00

Fucking Japanese.sick

S/T (2010)
Demo (2007)
Kriegshö g (2007)
Dog Soldier/Kriegshög Split
Deathtribe/Kriegshög Split
Hardcore Hell

Thanks to the suckdicksforfun gentleman who suggested them.

Exit Through The Gift Shop

2010-09-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

Exit Through The Gift Shop

2010-09-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

What.did.now.happen.
Watch the crowd move and count the stagedivers.

2010-09-14T13:28:00.000-07:00

3 relatively new releases that go well together.
Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
Throats - Throats
Trap Them - Filth Rations

Plus, this weird fucker.

2010-09-13T12:52:00.000-07:00

EVERYDAY VICTORY

OF THE BLACK ADAM

Caring & Kiling

2010-09-10T07:44:00.000-07:00

Converge' s (actual) debut. Containing most of Halo in The Haystack in addition to several unreleased songs, it is representable of the bands' later career.

I will not be part of your rusting machine, I will not burn as your fuel.
You are the one drowning in your conviction.
I am not host to them.
You call it your right. I call it your weakness.
The wound won't clot until the blood stops.
It has to stop.

Caring and Killing

Presidents, Congressmen, Cops & Workers.

2010-09-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

We're all presidents, we're all congressmen,
We're all cops in waiting,
We're the workers of the world,
There is the elite and the dispossessed,
And it's only about survival,
Who has the skill to play the game for all it's worth,
And reach an obscure kind of perfection,
Let's try and keep as much emotion out of this as possible,
Let's try not to remember any names,
We'll do it for a country, for a people, for a moral vision,
United, we'll make them remember our history,
Or how we'd like to be told,
How we'd like to be told...

And we rock,
Because it's us against them.
We found our own reasons to sing,
And it's so much less confusing
when lines are drawn like that,
When people are either consumers or revolutionaries,
Enemies or friends hanging on the fringes
Of the cogs in the system,
It's just about knowing where everyone stands.
All of a sudden,
People start talking 'bout guns,
Talking like they're going to war,
'Cause they found something to die for,
Start taking back what they stole-
sure beats every other option,
But does it make a difference how we get it?
Well do you really fucking get it?
No, no, no, no,
No, no, no, no....

Black Tusk

2010-09-03T03:45:00.000-07:00

Sludgy riffs. Kylesa, Black Cobra and the likes style.

Taste

The Bars

2010-07-29T13:40:00.002-07:00

The Secret

2010-07-12T09:44:00.000-07:00

Now there's a little something fascists should watch. Clockwork Orange style.

2010-07-12T09:43:00.001-07:00

2010-07-10T06:37:00.001-07:00

Today after the Rockwave.

2010-07-09T07:44:00.001-07:00

This is some crazy electronic shit.
Rock Paper Scissors EP by mustard pimp

Necro n Roll

2010-07-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

Black Cobra

2010-07-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Black Cobra - Chronomega

If you feel the same strong resemblance to Kylesa you will be satisfied in a few days time.

Fields of Locust

2010-06-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

Fields Of Locust come from Patras, Greece and they are involved with deep dark stuff.
This is their first release.

Fields Of Locust - Subtopia

They play this crazy show next week.

2010-06-26T10:50:00.000-07:00

The concept of a successful party.

2010-06-17T10:27:00.000-07:00

M-E-T, H-O-D, MAN

M-E-T, H-O-D, MAN

M-E-T, H-O-D, MAN

M-E-T, H-O-D, MAN

Wu Tang Clan Epicness

2010-06-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

Naked chicks tattoos help to materialize the fantasy in an instant.

The reason I have so many is because I am lonely.

What you're gonna do about it?

2010-06-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

Without T H E M , Y O U wouldn't take this
journey
.

So
why Y O U charge T H E M for
gas money

?

2010-06-07T13:53:00.000-07:00

It's Ruins with a saxophone +plus an impressive cover.
=>_<=

Sax Ruins - Yawiquo

2010-06-06T13:07:00.000-07:00

a freak

http://www.einsturzendeneubauten.com/

Martyrdöd

2010-06-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

Best Swedish Band of the late years. They play Obscene Extreme Festival in Czech Rep this summer.

Martydöd & Sunday Morning Einsteins Split
Martyrdöd - Martyrdöd
Martyrdöd - Sekt
Martyrdöd - In Extremis

http://www.myspace.com/martyrdod

2010-06-06T03:49:00.000-07:00

Model Summer Fest

DUNA Jam Fest 2010

El pueblo unido jamás será vencido

2010-05-30T13:14:00.000-07:00

This chaga-chaga guitar shook some people a few nights ago.
Entre Ciment Et Belle Etoile

2010-05-27T07:44:00.000-07:00

Click To Blow Mind

2010-05-25T10:33:00.000-07:00

Let The Black Flag Fly, Let Them Reap What They Sow

2010-05-25T10:19:00.001-07:00

Let the black flag fly
Let them reap what they sow
All the smothered anger
Let a hard wind blow
Let every victim remember
All the vengeance we owe
Teach our masters regret should they ever forget
Power comes from below

From gutters and ghettos, oppressed and accursed
Blisters of violence swelling to burst
From smoldering resentment and broken trust
From us
The hopeless
Embittered
The programmed
Conditioned
Exploited
Imprisoned
The poverty stricken
The butchered
The beaten
The outcasts who meet in perdition

Let the black flag fly
Let the conquerors crawl
Let them lecture on justice
With their backs to the wall
Can you even remember
Breathing freely at all
Let us lose all our fear and let loose all our tears
Let a hard rain fall

On towers erected to dwarf our frail frames
On pipelines that flow from our open veins
On wastelands that mirror unspoken interior pain
Rain

Deserts emptied of foliage
Futures emptied of meaning
Empires emptied of solace
Husks emptied of feeling

Let the heavens open
The dams overflow
Joining sea and sky
Merging above and below

For once all flesh and continents are mapped
In the machinery of order
Were better off unborn, or else adrift
On seas that wash no shores
So let the rain become a raging flood
To wash away buildings and boundaries
Swallow whole the world we have known
And as the waters rise
Let the black flag fly

2010-05-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Black Magic

Darkthrone

2010-05-16T12:04:00.000-07:00

1991 - Soulside Journey
1992 - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
1993 - Under A Funeral Moon
1994 - Transilvanian Hunger
1995 - Panzerfaust
1996 - Goatlord
1996 - Total Death
1999 - Ravishing Grimness
2000 - Preparing For War
2001 - Plague Wielder
2003 - Hate Them
2004 - Sardonic Wrath
2006 - The Cult Is Alive
2007 - F.O.A.D
2008 - Dark Thrones and Black Flags

Interviews

2010-05-15T16:55:00.000-07:00

Notice the difference between the ones questioning and those answering.

Entombed

2010-05-15T16:03:00.000-07:00

One Of The Greatest Swedish Bands.Entombed.

But Life Goes On (1989)
Left Hand Path (1990)
Crawl (1991)
Clandestine (1991)
God Of Grind (1992)
Stranger Aeons (1992)
Hollowman (1993)
Wolverine Blues (1993)
Entombed (1997)
Wreckage (1997)
To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth (1997)
Same Difference (1998)
Black Juju (1999)
Uprising (2000)
Morning Star (2001)
Sons of Satan Praise the Lord (2002)
Inferno (2003)
Unreal Estate (2005)
When in Sodom (2006)
Serpent Saints - The Ten Commandments (2007)

Converge covering Entombed' s Wolverine Blues.

2010-05-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

2010-05-05T06:36:00.001-07:00

Ceremony

2010-05-05T03:01:00.000-07:00

Demo 05
Ruined
Violence Violence
Scared People
He-god-Has Favored Our Undertakings
Still Nothing Moves You
Live Che Café

Trash Talk

2010-05-05T02:18:00.000-07:00

Bad Brains of the 00's.

SINGLE: EAST OF EDEN (2009)
DEMO: 2005 DEMO (2005)
EP: PLAGUES (2008)
ALBUM: TRASH TALK (2008)
ALBUM: WALKING DISEASE (2007)

2010-04-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

Trust The Fungus Party, Paraskevi 30/4 Fylis 35 23:00
Bring friends & drinks. Or drinks & friends.

Catharsis

2010-04-22T04:44:00.000-07:00

Catharsis is an anarchist collective bent on the total liberation of ourselves and our world through creative self-expression and self-determination, the annihilation of capitalism, hierarchy, morality, ideology, and human misery in all its other forms, and--above all--the transformation of life into a joyous, carefree game, to be played for the highest of stakes. We release all our music ourselves and distribute it exclusively through a network of friends and colleagues. We organize all our performances ourselves or through friends, working to establish a cooperative network of autonomous individuals rather than relying on and thus reinforcing the chains of corporate control that presently constrict the arts in particular and modern human relations in general. We refuse to compromise with these assembled forces of selfishness, apathy, and violence, and insist that every day of our lives be an adventure unfettered by external controls or internal inhibitions. So can you. We struggle for a day when art will no longer be just another commodity to be exchanged for other sterile consumer goods, when both the means of production and all the products therefor will be shared openly so that everyone will be free to be an artist and live based on the pursuit of desire rather than ever-increasing standards of mere survival. In the meantime, we do what we can to lead lives outside this merciless system of domination and exploitation as we plot its downfall, and hold in revolted disdain all those who apparently believe it is enough just to sell things and go through the motions of traditions long dead and dry (and thus hostile to all living things). Real life involves more than a beating heart and a functioning liver, of course. It is something that must be chosen, chased, created by those who would find it. Yes, we are idealists, hopeless romantics (both hopeless and romantic), but this idealism enables us to act while others are paralyzed by their despair, by "realism" and jaded cynicism. We think we do better to cast our lot with the quixotic madmen, the poets of revolution and absurdity, whatever the odds of success or survival may be. This is a statement of purpose, and all such statements oversimplify, as do declarations and expressions of every kind: but the important thing is to speak, to act, to do something, and let the consequences sort themselves out. So if we live, let's live to tread on kings, to break our bodies and our hearts to keep ahead of death, to dance right through our lives.

1995 – Catharsis (EP)
1997 – Catharsis & Gehenna (Split)
1997 – Samsara
1999 – Catharsis & Newspeak (Split)
1999 – Passion
2001 – Catharsis & Newborn (Split)

2010-04-22T04:17:00.000-07:00

The blog's web address has changed. No more georgkou.blogspot.com
From Now On:
To Kill The Gods & Destroy The World's Lies
Red Bible & Black Manifesto, Worshiping The Goat.
Entertainment System Failure
http://entertainmentsystemfailure.blogspot.com/

2010-04-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

Tree by Jack Kerouac from Repeat1 on Vimeo.

Tree - Jack Kerouac
But a tree has a long suffering shape
Is spread in half by 2 limbed fate
Rises from gray rain pavements
To traffic in the bleak brown air
Of cities radar television nameless dumb & numb mis connicumb
Throwing twigs the color of ink
To white souled heaven, with
A reality of its own uses

Venetian Snares

2010-04-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

The breakbeat master, Venetian Snares.

1999 - Greg Hates Car Culture
2000 - 7 Sevens Med

2000 - Fuck Canada//Fuck America
2000 - Salt
2000 - printf("shiver in eternal darkness/n")
2001 - The Connected Series 2 (w/Cex)
2001 - Defluxion - Boarded Up Swan Entrance
2001 - Doll Doll Doll
2001 - Making Orange Things (w/Speedranch) Mediafire Mirror
2001 - Shitfuckers
2001 - Songs About My Cats
2001 - Untitled Promo
2002 - 2370894
2002 - A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine
2002 - Break Malaria Clearance Bin
2002 - Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006
2002 - Winter In The Belly Of A Snake
2003 - Badminton - Edgewood Park
2003 - Chocolate Wheelchair
2003 - Einstein-Rosen Bridge
2003 - Find Candace
2003 - Live From All Tomorrows Parties
2003 - Nymphomatriarch
2003 - Podsjfkj Pojid Poa
2004 - Horse And Goat
2004 - Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding
2004 - Infolepsy
2004 - Live At Sickness 01.31.2004
2004 - Moonglow/This Bitter Earth
2004 - Skelechairs (w/Doormouse)
2005 - Meathole
2005 - Mutant Sniper/Invasion From xXx Dimension
2005 - Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett
2005 - Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole
2006 - 4 Adaptions Of Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett
2006 - Cavalcade Of Glee And Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
2006 - Hospitality
2007 - Pink And Green
2008 - Detrimentalist
2009 - Filth
2009 - Horsey Noises

HHIG

2010-04-20T15:20:00.000-07:00

His Hero Is Gone - Discography

Bong Ra

2010-04-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

His show in Athens was canceled due to the earthquake crisis, doesn't matter he's still keeping it real.

New Millennium Dreadz [1998]
Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill! [2003]
I Am The God Of Hellfire [2005]
Soldaat Van Oranje [2006]
Full Metal Racket [2007]

2010-04-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

New Nikitas Klint project, good stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/moriginalchampsystem

Celeste

2010-04-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

Morte(s) Nee(s)-2010

Misanthrope(s)-2009

Nihiliste(s) LP-2008

CELESTE [TEASER] from iamthelens on Vimeo.

If you like AmenRa and sludgy hardcore, you 're in some serious trouble.

Decadence

2010-03-14T14:59:00.000-07:00

My two favorite decadents. Go read Bukowski's Post Office and listen to Waits Rain Dogs.
Rain Dogs-Tom Waits

Burzum-Belus

2010-03-08T11:29:00.000-08:00

Burzum released his first album, after spending 11 years in jail. Varg has always been keen stirring the waters, so the anticipation had reached it's apex.
BUT, discussing Varg's persona isn't the purpose of this, the fact that Belus is a great black metal album is.
Enjoy.
Burzum-Belus

Neurosis

2010-03-01T13:34:00.001-08:00

Maybe the greatest bands of the last 20 years, shaping the face of today's extreme music and offering a true, groundbreaking inspiration not just for music but for art in general.
A Role Model Career. An Artist With Integrity.

Pain Of Mind
The Word As Law
Souls At Zero
Through Silver In Blood
Times Of Grace

Despite Everything

2010-03-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

Chuck Ragan Solo

2010-03-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

Formerly of Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan releases a solo record Feast Or Famine in 2007.
Baritone to the end, as emotional as it can get, great for sea traveling.

Deaf Maestro-Swing Harder To Reach The Sky (EP)

2010-02-21T03:31:00.000-08:00

Deaf Maestro are an interesting young band from Athens,Greece.
Blending their favorite genres together, a unique result blasts your ears.
Despite their young age, they casually swing from heavy breakdowns to amazingly fast guitar passages, another sign of their high level of musicianship.
In 2009 they released their first EP, "Swing Harder To Reach The Sky", which you can download from here.

Aside Deaf Maestro, most members are kept busy in several other projects like Lost For Words & Colour For A Rebel.

European Crust

2010-02-21T02:23:00.000-08:00

European d-crust mostly got me through the last 4 weeks, while knowledge that spoils had the upper hand of most things.

Disfear-Misanthropic Generation

Skitsystem-Stigmata

Wolfbrigade-Comalive

Victims-Killer

Nasum-Helvete

Ekkaia-Demasiado Tarde Para Pedir Perdon

Madame Germen-Invocacion A Morte

Leadershit-Leadershit

Most links are from these guys, check them out too! http://d-crust.blogspot.com/

Ruined Families

2010-02-03T11:20:00.000-08:00

Ruined Families is a new band. They play their first show with Rise&Fall on 21 February.
Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/ruinedfamilies www.ruinedfamilies.blogspot.com

RF practice from Ruined Families on Vimeo.

And Holden Caulfield Mourned...

2010-01-28T15:41:00.000-08:00

J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher In The Rye' died on January 27, 2010, at the age of 91.
Constantly avoiding the media and opposing to the 'Catcher In The Rye' film adaption, he shaped the teenage years of most who read his books at that time of their lives.
You left a great legacy, Mr. Salinger, thank you for everything.

Basquait

2010-01-05T16:28:00.000-08:00

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Graffiti Pioneer, Neo-expressionist, Warhol's friend, Madonna's lover, Bum, Junkie, Artist Superst*r.

THE WHOLE LIVERY LINE

BOW LIKE THIS,

WITH THE BIG MONEY

ALL CRUSHED

INTO THESE FEET.

Sabbath

2010-01-05T16:10:00.000-08:00

Black Magic.

2009's Music List

2009-12-26T14:48:00.000-08:00

TOP 09's RECORDS:

1) Converge - Axe To Fall (Hardcore/Mathcore)
Arguably the best band in the "extreme" music scene for the last 20 years.

2) Lewd Acts - Black Eye Blues (Hardcore/Punk)
Their new album was a revelation, combining hardcore with post punk setting new standards.

3) Nightstalker - Superfreak (Rock 'n Roll/Stoner)
The best live act in Greece for many years now, a cult.

4) Rise And Fall - Our Circle Is Vicious (Hardcore/Punk)
The best European release for 2009. Heavier, more complex, still Rise&Fall.

5) Burnt By The Sun - Heart Of Darkness (Hardcore/Grindcore)
Final release from these guys, their best achievement so far. Lyrically dealing with themes such as corruption because of power and the inner conflict between right and wrong. Light stuff.

6) Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade (Black Metal/Experimental)
Nature freaks growing their own salad, playing experimental black metal on their free time.

7) Kylesa - Static Tensions (Sludge/Stoner)
Woman fronted, crazy riffage and two drummers as accurate as a clock.

8) Daïtro - Y (Screamo)
French screamo.

9) Margins - Margins (Post Rock/Shoegaze)
From Australia, their debut album featuring great artwork.

10) Dangers - Messy Isn't It (Grindcore/Hardcore)
Featuring members from Graf Orlock and more, this is their second album, having a more hardcore approach, never forgetting their grindcore roots though.

11) Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder (Doom/Sludge)
A supergroup featuring members from: Neurosis, Melvins, Om and Spirit Caravan.

12) Keelhaul - Triumphant Return To Obscurity (Mathcore/Sludge)
They are old, fat and ugly but they know how to play. The album is best described by its title.

13) Coalesce - Ox (Mathcore)
Mathcore pioneers release their new album after 10 years.

14) Magrudergrind - Magrudergrind (Grindcore)
Young power-trio release their first full length, giving our heads they shake they deserved.

15) Crippled Black Phoenix - The Resurrectionists/Night Raider (Post Rock/Psychedelic Rock)
Having such a great name,they feature members from Iron Monkey, Electric Wizard and Mogwai. They gave their new double album a more psychedelic, Pink Floyd-ish touch.
[PASS: ichosemusic ]

16) HEALTH - Get Color (Noise Rock)
Way better than A Place To Bury Strangers. Don't make such comments with so many hipsters around,eh.

17) Church Of Misery - Houses Of The Unholy (Southern Rock/Sludge)
Hailing from Japan and sounding like Matt Pike is really something.

18) Burden - Catholic Guilt (EP) (Hardcore/Punk)
Best debut release of 2009. Holy Terror sound.

19) Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive (Rock 'n Roll/Hardcore)
When you see fists in the air, it means party.

20) Hope Conspiracy - True Nihilist (EP) (Hardcore)
A 3-Track EP making it to a Top-of-the-Year list, imagine how good it can be.

21) Toe - For Long Tomorrow (Japanese Post/Math Rock)
Melodies for rainy days and bright colored raincoats.

22) Narrows - New Distances (Hardcore/Mathcore/Post Punk)
Deathwish Inc. Supergroup.

23) A Wilhelm Scream - A Wilhelm Scream (EP) (Technical Punk Rock)
The most technically proficient in punk rock.

24) Fall Of Efrafa - Inle' (Post Rock/Crust)
Final effort from Fall Of Efrafa, rabbit-themed post rock with crust passages. Better than Elil, not as good as Owsla.

25) Gaslamp Killer - My Troubled Mind (EP) (Dubstep/IDM)
Craziest guy out there combining hip hop with oriental music over the pounding beat of a dubstep mix.

SOMETHING DIDN'T COME OUT THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO...

1) Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures (Rock)
Featuring members from Kyuss, Qotsa, Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin, expectations were much higher.

2) Baroness - Blue Record (Sludge)
Them two demos had set the bar way too high, for the Red and Blue Records.

3) A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head (Post Punk/Noise Rock)
They fade in comparison with HEALTH.

4) ISIS - Wavering Radiant (Post Metal)
Worst Album of the Year. If you disagree listen to the previous ISIS albums.

5) Mastodon - Crack The Skye (Sludge)
Don't get me wrong, the album was very good, but it didn't explore new territories as the musical press keeps on stating. Other bands like Isis and Pelican have already done what Mastodon try in their new record, whether you like it or not.

6) Blacklisted - No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me (Hardcore)
Previous Blacklisted albums were so heavy and the riffs kept on hitting you from all over the place. Something went missing in this album, it was much lighter than I would prefer. Not bad, just unexpectedly different.

7) The Mars Volta - Octahedron (Experimental/Progressive)
I can't understand how Omar lately releases such interesting albums when solo, but the with the Volta he does boring stuff. I mean the last record was nowhere close to Bedlam In Goliath, not musically, not lyrically. I'm beginning to smell SELLOUT.

8) A Storm Of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Sludge/Doom)
Boring, uninteresting, unmoving compositions.

9) Thrice - Beggars (Post Hardcore/Alternative)
It seemed so, that after the Alchemy Indexes, Thrice would struggle to keep up. The album leaked unmastered prior to its release, they rushed things afterwards, something didn't work out right this time.

10) Maybeshewill - Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony (Post Rock/Alternative)
They 've better hire a keyboardist. Or cut down on the programmed stuff.

All albums are downloadable (click on the name), in order to listen and draw your own conclusions.

Dark Show

2009-12-17T04:57:00.000-08:00

Dear brothers and sisters,
The sickest party is coming up on the 18th of December...
There will be sunsets, pirates, summers, colors, waves, stars and bottles
There will be loudness, fear, rage, gasoline, frustration, hatred and rollercoasters
There will be whiskey, darkness, rain, hope and ultimately silence

A one off show, so don't miss out. Three hours of dub/reggae/acoustic/punk/hardcore from all discography. Recruited 5 more members for this party... This is gonna be hell...!!!

Hope to see you there...

Iron Monkey

2009-12-14T13:49:00.000-08:00

Iron Monkey was a sludge band from the UK. They did their own thing, way ahead of their time. They disbanded when their singer, Johnny Morrow died.
The guy didn't sing, he was spitting pure hate, black ink and acid.

D0wnload Links:
Iron Monkey - Our Problem
Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey
Iron Monkey - Ruined By Idiots

Wolves In the Throne Room

2009-12-13T10:09:00.000-08:00

Download Links:
Wolves In the Throne Room-Black Cascade(2009)
Wolves In the Throne Room-Two Hunters(2007)
Wolves In the Throne Room-Diadem of 12 Stars(2006)

A Wilhelm Scream

2009-12-02T14:12:00.000-08:00

A Wilhelm Scream had a show some days ago, here in Athens and it damn was one hell of an experience. Punk rock bands, punk rock show with kids stage diving, dancing and singing all the time.
Man, I just love it when the band is spontaneous and comes on stage, joking about how stoned they are-not missing a note though, truly excellent performance and great musicianship, then starts winking at random chicks and high five-ing everyone in their reach. AWESOME!
Wish they had more of their Merch though, eh...

Their new release is out by several labels, one being the infamous Greek Playfalse Records.
Download Links:
A Wilhelm Scream - New EP (2009)
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide

Food Motion

2009-12-02T12:34:00.000-08:00

This is a video made by a group of friends, Repeat1. It is their latest creation, featuring stop-motion technique.
Enjoy!

food motion from Repeat1 on Vimeo.

New Orleans Finest

2009-11-30T14:47:00.000-08:00

So much better than the album version.

Down Discography:
Down I - Nola
Down II - A Bustle In Your Hedgerow
Down III - Over The Under

Post Kings

2009-11-23T12:49:00.000-08:00

ISIS back in the day:
The Mosquito Control
Celestial
Panopticon
Oceanic

ISIS

2009-11-23T12:26:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Isis played in Athens.
It was my first time watching my favorite band.

Got no chills though.Did you??

Old Skool

2009-11-22T08:24:00.000-08:00

Flying Circus

2009-11-17T06:52:00.000-08:00

Black Humor.
Pitch Black.

Nightstalker

2009-11-11T03:25:00.000-08:00

Nightstalker are one the best live acts in Greece. They have such notorious stage presence, which combined with their music means only one thing, PARTY!!
Their latest release 'Superfreak' just takes things to the next level.
But they 're a band you have to see live to fully understand,so next live is this Saturday 14. November at An Club.

Nightstalker - Superfreak

22 Tracks

2009-11-05T04:06:00.000-08:00

I read about this site http://www.22tracks.nl/, called '22 Tracks' (duh) in a free press last week and it seemed rather interesting.
Here's how the describe themselves:
'A jukebox consisting of 22 playlists in different genres, each filled with 22 tracks, selected by specialized DJ’s from Amsterdam. 22tracks provides a quick overview of the latest music, promotes new artists and lets you discover new genres. No registration, no hassle. New music, the easy way.'
These guys seem to know their thing.
Check It!

You 're really wasted, just wonderful

2009-11-04T13:56:00.000-08:00

Heavy, Technical Sludge/Mathcore from the US.
On Aaros Turner's Hydra Head Records, they have a live show on the 10th December at An Club, Athens with Extraordinary Rendition (A perfect fit).

Live Footage :

Here's their latest effort, which is perfectly described by its' title.
Keelhaul - Triumphant Return to Obscurity

Thank Japan For Those

2009-11-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

White Pony

2009-11-01T05:54:00.000-08:00

White Pony is street slang for cocaine.
The album is as addictive as the substance.

Deftones - White Pony

Every post-hardcore band you 've heard since this release has been influenced.

October,November,December Shows[There will be Updates]

2009-10-25T04:21:00.000-07:00

First things first, 27 October Fall of Man.No album yet, still a party though.
An Club,21:00,8 euros +Plan B, Short Story, Deckstand, The Scarlets & No Balance.

November 1.Battle of the bands, Allen's Hand compete, go see 'n vote!
An Club,19:30,10 euros Battle of the Bands Show

12 November Buried Inside, Tombs and Sun Of Nothing.
An Club, 21:00, 22 euros

22 November ISIS
Fuzz, 21:30, 25/30 euros

10 December Keelhaul, Extraordinary Rendition.
An Club, 21:30, 15/20 euros

12 December 2nd Postrip Festival. Lucky Funeral, Go Ask Alice, Juliet was a Pornstar, Before the devil knows you are dead, tenderness of wolves.
An Club, 19:30,10 euros

18 December Vodka Juniors Christmas Party.
Gagarin 205,21:30,8 euros

Foggy Hills

2009-10-24T04:39:00.000-07:00

Breathtaking scenery, Autumn & Winter as they should be.

Fog, mists and a chill in the air.

A Hitchcock landscape, some guy smoking white cigarettes, expecting a pitch-black car to appear anytime.

Carefully observing the hares and wild rabbits.

Inhale, Exhale.

You know Johnnie Walker's Secret.

The Problem With Music

2009-10-22T02:51:00.000-07:00

The Problem With Music (by Steve Albini)

  Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. I also imagine a faceless industry lackey at the other end holding a fountain pen and a contract waiting to be signed. Nobody can see what's printed on the contract. It's too far away, and besides, the shit stench is making everybody's eyes water. The lackey shouts to everybody that the first one to swim the trench gets to sign the contract. Everybody dives in the trench and they struggle furiously to get to the other end. Two people arrive simultaneously and begin wrestling furiously, clawing each other and dunking each other under the shit. Eventually, one of them capitulates, and there's only one contestant left. He reaches for the pen, but the Lackey says "Actually, I think you need a little more development. Swim again, please. Backstroke". And he does of course.

  Every major label involved in the hunt for new bands now has on staff a high-profile point man, an "A & R" rep who can present a comfortable face to any prospective band. The initials stand for "Artist and Repertoire." because historically, the A & R staff would select artists to record music that they had also selected, out of an available pool of each. This is still the case, though not openly. These guys are universally young [about the same age as the bands being wooed], and nowadays they always have some obvious underground rock credibility flag they can wave.  

Lyle Preslar, former guitarist for Minor Threat, is one of them. Terry Tolkin, former NY independent booking agent and assistant manager at Touch and Go is one of them. Al Smith, former soundman at CBGB is one of them. Mike Gitter, former editor of XXX fanzine and contributor to Rip, Kerrang and other lowbrow rags is one of them. Many of the annoying turds who used to staff college radio stations are in their ranks as well. There are several reasons A & R scouts are always young. The explanation usually copped-to is that the scout will be "hip to the current musical "scene." A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences. The A & R person is the first person to make contact with the band, and as such is the first person to promise them the moon. Who better to promise them the moon than an idealistic young turk who expects to be calling the shots in a few years, and who has had no previous experience with a big record company. Hell, he's as naive as the band he's duping. When he tells them no one will interfere in their creative process, he probably even believes it. When he sits down with the band for the first time, over a plate of angel hair pasta, he can tell them with all sincerity that when they sign with company X, they're really signing with him and he's on their side. Remember that great gig I saw you at in '85? Didn't we have a blast. By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum. There is a pervasive caricature in popular culture of a portly, middle aged ex-hipster talking a mile-a-minute, using outdated jargon and calling everybody "baby." After meeting "their" A & R guy, the band will say to themselves and everyone else, "He's not like a record company guy at all! He's like one of us." And they will be right. That's one of the reasons he was hired.  

These A & R guys are not allowed to write contracts. What they do is present the band with a letter of intent, or "deal memo," which loosely states some terms, and affirms that the band will sign with the label once a contract has been agreed on. The spookiest thing about this harmless sounding little memo, is that it is, for all legal purposes, a binding document. That is, once the band signs it, they are under obligation to conclude a deal with the label. If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There are a hundred other bands willing to sign the exact same contract, so the label is in a position of strength. These letters never have any terms of expiration, so the band remain bound by the deal memo until a contract is signed, no matter how long that takes. The band cannot sign to another laborer or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens. Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed.

  One of my favorite bands was held hostage for the better part of two years by a slick young "He's not like a label guy at all," A & R rep, on the basis of such a deal memo. He had failed to come through on any of his promises [something he did with similar effect to another well-known band], and so the band wanted out. Another label expressed interest, but when the A & R man was asked to release the band, he said he would need money or points, or possibly both, before he would consider it. The new label was afraid the price would be too dear, and they said no thanks. On the cusp of making their signature album, an excellent band, humiliated, broke up from the stress and the many months of inactivity. There's this band. They're pretty ordinary, but they're also pretty good, so they've attracted some attention. They're signed to a moderate-sized "independent" label owned by a distribution company, and they have another two albums owed to the label. They're a little ambitious. They'd like to get signed by a major label so they can have some security you know, get some good equipment, tour in a proper tour bus -- nothing fancy, just a little reward for all the hard work. To that end, they got a manager. He knows some of the label guys, and he can shop their next project to all the right people. He takes his cut, sure, but it's only 15%, and if he can get them signed then it's money well spent. Anyways, it doesn't cost them anything if it doesn't work. 15% of nothing isn't much! One day an A & R scout calls them, says he's 'been following them for a while now, and when their manager mentioned them to him, it just "clicked." Would they like to meet with him about the possibility of working out a deal with his label? Wow. Big Break time. They meet the guy, and y'know what -- he's not what they expected from a label guy. He's young and dresses pretty much like the band does. He knows all their favorite bands. He's like one of them. He tells them he wants to go to bat for them, to try to get them everything they want. He says anything is possible with the right attitude.

  They conclude the evening by taking home a copy of a deal memo they wrote out and signed on the spot. The A & R guy was full of great ideas, even talked about using a name producer. Butch Vig is out of the question-he wants 100 g's and three points, but they can get Don Fleming for $30,000 plus three points. Even that's a little steep, so maybe they'll go with that guy who used to be in David Letterman's band. He only wants three points. Or they can have just anybody record it (like Warton Tiers, maybe-- cost you 5 or 7 grand] and have Andy Wallace remix it for 4 grand a track plus 2 points. It was a lot to think about. Well, they like this guy and they trust him. Besides, they already signed the deal memo. He must have been serious about wanting them to sign. They break the news to their current label, and the label manager says he wants them to succeed, so they have his blessing. He will need to be compensated, of course, for the remaining albums left on their contract, but he'll work it out with the label himself.

  Sub Pop made millions from selling off Nirvana, and Twin Tone hasn't done bad either: 50 grand for the Babes and 60 grand for the Poster Children-- without having to sell a single additional record. It'll be something modest. The new label doesn't mind, so long as it's recoupable out of royalties. Well, they get the final contract, and it's not quite what they expected. They figure it's better to be safe than sorry and they turn it over to a lawyer--one who says he's experienced in entertainment law and he hammers out a few bugs. They're still not sure about it, but the lawyer says he's seen a lot of contracts, and theirs is pretty good. They'll be great royalty: 13% [less a 1O% packaging deduction]. Wasn't it Buffalo Tom that were only getting 12% less 10? Whatever. The old label only wants 50 grand, an no points. Hell, Sub Pop got 3 points when they let Nirvana go. They're signed for four years, with options on each year, for a total of over a million dollars! That's a lot of money in any man's English. The first year's advance alone is $250,000. Just think about it, a quarter million, just for being in a rock band! Their manager thinks it's a great deal, especially the large advance. Besides, he knows a publishing company that will take the band on if they get signed, and even give them an advance of 20 grand, so they'll be making that money too. The manager says publishing is pretty mysterious, and nobody really knows where all the money comes from, but the lawyer can look that contract over too. Hell, it's free money. Their booking agent is excited about the band signing to a major. He says they can maybe average $1,000 or $2,000 a night from now on. That's enough to justify a five week tour, and with tour support, they can use a proper crew, buy some good equipment and even get a tour bus! Buses are pretty expensive, but if you figure in the price of a hotel room for everybody In the band and crew, they're actually about the same cost. Some bands like Therapy? and Sloan and Stereolab use buses on their tours even when they're getting paid only a couple hundred bucks a night, and this tour should earn at least a grand or two every night. It'll be worth it. The band will be more comfortable and will play better.

  The agent says a band on a major label can get a merchandising company to pay them an advance on T-shirt sales! ridiculous! There's a gold mine here! The lawyer Should look over the merchandising contract, just to be safe. They get drunk at the signing party. Polaroids are taken and everybody looks thrilled. The label picked them up in a limo. They decided to go with the producer who used to be in Letterman's band. He had these technicians come in and tune the drums for them and tweak their amps and guitars. He had a guy bring in a slew of expensive old "vintage" microphones. Boy, were they "warm." He even had a guy come in and check the phase of all the equipment in the control room! Boy, was he professional. He used a bunch of equipment on them and by the end of it, they all agreed that it sounded very "punchy," yet "warm." All that hard work paid off. With the help of a video, the album went like hotcakes! They sold a quarter million copies! Here is the math that will explain just how fucked they are: These figures are representative of amounts that appear in record contracts daily. There's no need to skew the figures to make the scenario look bad, since real-life examples more than abound. income is bold and underlined, expenses are not.   

Advance: $ 250,000
 Manager's cut: $ 37,500 
Legal fees: $ 10,000
 Recording Budget: $ 150,000 
Producer's advance: $ 50,000 
Studio fee: $ 52,500 
Drum Amp, Mic and Phase "Doctors": $ 3,000
 Recording tape: $ 8,000
 Equipment rental: $ 5,000 
Cartage and Transportation: $ 5,000
 Lodgings while in studio: $ 10,000
 Catering: $ 3,000 
Mastering: $ 10,000
 Tape copies, reference CDs, shipping tapes, misc. expenses: $ 2,000 
Video budget: $ 30,000 
Cameras:$ 8,000 
Crew: $ 5,000 
Processing and transfers: $ 3,000
 Off-line: $ 2,000
 On-line editing: $ 3,000 
Catering: $ 1,000 
Stage and construction: $ 3,000
 Copies, couriers, transportation: $ 2,000 
Director's fee: $ 3,000 
Album Artwork: $ 5,000 
Promotional photo shoot and duplication: $ 2,000 
Band fund: $ 15,000 
New fancy professional drum kit: $ 5,000 
New fancy professional guitars [2]: $ 3,000
 New fancy professional guitar amp rigs [2]: $ 4,000
 New fancy potato-shaped bass guitar: $ 1,000 
New fancy rack of lights bass amp: $ 1,000 
Rehearsal space rental: $ 500 
Big blowout party for their friends: $ 500
 Tour expense [5 weeks]: $ 50,875
 Bus: $ 25,000 
Crew [3]: $ 7,500
 Food and per diems: $ 7,875
 Fuel: $ 3,000
 Consumable supplies: $ 3,500
 Wardrobe: $ 1,000
 Promotion: $ 3,000 
Tour gross income: $ 50,000 
Agent's cut: $ 7,500 
Manager's cut: $ 7,500
 Merchandising advance: $ 20,000
 Manager's cut: $ 3,000 
Lawyer's fee: $ 1,000 
Publishing advance: $ 20,000
 Manager's cut: $ 3,000
 Lawyer's fee: $ 1,000
 Record sales: 250,000 @ $12 =$3,000,000 
Gross retail revenue Royalty: [13% of 90% of retail]:$ 351,000 
Less advance: $ 250,000 
Producer's points: [3% less $50,000 advance]:$ 40,000 
Promotional budget: $ 25,000 
Recoupable buyout from previous label: $ 50,000 
Net royalty: $ -14,000

Record company income:

 Record wholesale price: $6.50 x 250,000 = $1,625,000 gross income
Artist Royalties: $ 351,000 
Deficit from royalties: $ 14,000
 Manufacturing, packaging and distribution: @ $2.20 per record: $ 550,000 
Gross profit: $ 710,000

 The Balance Sheet: This is how much each player got paid at the end of the game. 

Record company: $ 710,000 
Producer: $ 90,000 
Manager: $ 51,000 
Studio: $ 52,500
 Previous label: $ 50,000
 Agent: $ 7,500 
Lawyer: $ 12,000 

Band member net income each: $ 4,031.25  

The band is now 1/4 of the way through its contract, has made the music industry more than 3 million dollars richer, but is in the hole $14,000 on royalties. The band members have each earned about 1/3 as much as they would working at a 7-11, but they got to ride in a tour bus for a month. The next album will be about the same, except that the record company will insist they spend more time and money on it. Since the previous one never "recouped," the band will have no leverage, and will oblige. The next tour will be about the same, except the merchandising advance will have already been paid, and the band, strangely enough, won't have earned any royalties from their T-shirts yet. Maybe the T-shirt guys have figured out how to count money like record company guys.

SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE PROBABLY ALREADY THIS FUCKED.

Steve Albini is an independent and corporate rock record producer most widely known for having produced Nirvana's "In Utero".

A Wilhelm Scream - I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz [kinda like a response to managers and big record companies]

Here's what they said:

Live like a legend and die like an asshole.
You dance with the man, shake his hand, shine his shoes.
The revolution rock hits sound like shit through your iPod.
"Put fists up like like I got, now gimme the loot."
How I tried to buy my soul back, but the devil bent me over for it.
Got me curled up in the shower scratching the letters that read:
Dear mother, I sold my soul for management.
Fog blasts will not mask a stage act unnatural.
Those timed jumps cause merch bumps, now guests list the suits.
And past the smoke hands the backdrop, crowd screams holy mackerel.
Verse-chorus, verse-chorus, a solo, then boom.
How I tried to buy my soul back, but the devil bent me over for it.
Got you curled up in the shower scratching letters that read:
Dear mother, I sold my soul for management.

Cursed

2009-10-11T03:37:00.001-07:00

Cursed - I

Cursed - II

Cursed - III

Plus the two EP's.
Hell Comes Home EP
Blackout At Sunrise EP

As promised.

Fit to jeans??

2009-10-10T07:52:00.000-07:00

This could be a Levi's commercial. But, it is not.

This is.

It's like...adjusting a finger into a man's urethra

2009-10-08T00:04:00.000-07:00

They were Cursed,loudest band in Canada. They 've broken up now.

Axe To Fall

2009-10-04T13:00:00.001-07:00

Finally Axe to Fall.
Here.

Daïtro

2009-10-02T01:49:00.000-07:00

Daïtro just released their new full-length, 'Y', Which is among the best albums of '09.Period.
They rock hardcore/screamo stuff with some excellent post-rock melodies, plus they 're French.

Download Link (from these guys)

Radiohead

2009-09-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

Some beautiful melodies connected in some way with Radiohead.