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DYSTOPIA "The Aftermath" CD 1999 (LIFE 009) More Misanthropic melodies about the all the shitty things in life. This is a collection of All DYSTOPIA stuff recorded after the "HUMAN=GARBAGE" CD (that is, the split LP with SKAVEN(1995), the split EP with SUFFERING LUNA(1995), the "Backstabber" 7" (1997) and 4 previously un-released tracks recorded in Germany (1997). The first four tracks were released on vinyl as a one-sided 12" EP, complete with a striking vinyl etching on the flip by DV D'Andrea. CD contains 12 songs total with 16 page lyric booklet. Toured extensively in '99 on this release (US, Canada, Australia, Japan) and just finished a European tour in October 2000 with Japan's CORRUPTED. |
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TARANTULA HAWK CD (album #1) 2000 (LIFE 011) San Diego's TARANTULA HAWK have been at it for since 1998 and have gained a great deal of respect as one of the front runners of the "new prog era", along with the likes of YETI, UPISLON ACRUX, and DYSRHYTHMIA. This debut release contains 6 songs morphed into one continuous track of heavy instrumental organ and bass driven "psychedelic-death-prog", laced with samples of vehement insects and wretched machines. Musically reminiscent of GOBLIN, old PINK FLOYD, MAN IS THE BASTARD, and KING CRIMSON executed by former members of THE LOCUST, STRUGGLE, and "THE TITO O'TITO BAND". |
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ASUNDER / LIKE FLIES ON FLESH split LP/CD (LIFE 012) ASUNDER is a doom metal band from Oakland, CA that belt out thick, heavy, slow jams of monstrous proportions. This debut release features 2 songs of crushing thunderous doom, with sullen guitar hooks and gargantuan vocals the shortest song at close to 9 minutes. Musically they're influenced by loads of European Doom acts such as MY DYING BRIDE, ANATHEMA, early CATHEDRAL and CANDLEMASS. Features current and ex-memebrs of GROUNDWORK, SKAVEN, and DYSTOPIA. LIKE FLIES ON FLESH (from Ft. Worth, TX) can best be described to the uninitiated, as an unholy union of, AT THE GATES, and "Killers Era" IRON MAIDEN. Dueling guitar hero war harmonies and chainsaw riffs abound. Vocals (male and female alike) alternate between sullen crooning and maniacal desperation. Well crafted songs punctuated with riff after riff of twisted melodies that will sear the flesh from your smoldering skull, and leave you weeping in a pool of your own meaningless. Whole packages is covered with beautiful original photos, lithographs and prints created by the bands and their friends. LP comes with two fold out posters.
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LE SCRAWL "Too Short to Ignore" CD 1991-1998 (LIFE 020) This is an epic 66 song thrash attack, clocking in at close to an hour. Totally demented and innovative grind thrash. Add a ton of jazz, and lots of ska, surf, rock, salsa, disco, bossa nova, ?, etc etc, backed by guttural grindcore grunt-roars and you have one fucked up cd. Much in the vein of John Zorn's NAKED CITY but alot groovier... add different horns (trumpets and trombone), accordian, spanish guitar, and mad Dr.Organ Grinder taking the lead. They do a few covers as well, everything from De La Soul, Terrorizer, to the Exploited, and CHIC but they practically rewrite the songs and make them their own. The discography spans the course of 9 years, taken from 2 mcd's, a few comps, demo tracks, and few live shows recorded in Slovenia. Alot of this stuff was released by the now defunct German label ECOCENTRIC RECORDS as well as PSYCHOMANIA records. LP released in Europe by REGURGITATED SEMEN RECORDS. |
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NIGEL PEPPER COCK "The New Way" LP/CD 2002 (LIFE 021) Fresh off a shit hot tour of the greater part of the United States, NIGEL PEPPER COCK have redefined the words sexy, heavy and out-of-control. An unstoppable force of fully erect alpha males, these super studs from the badlands are hell-bent on world domination in a vigilant frenzy of unmitigated lust. Their latest tour resulted in more than a dozen unwanted pregnancies and many a dude coming to terms with his repressed sexuality. This fine record contains 11 thrash ridden new-wave anthems for and about all the mad degenerates of the world. NIGEL plays their own brand of SCI-FI SEX ROCK unlike most bands you've ingested before, complete with sexy artwork, sexy dudes and sexy riffage. Recorded by an angry young man in Petaluma and then fined tuned by Dr. Dan Rathbun of Polymorf Studios, you can expect the sound to be THUNDEROUS and IN THE RED. Sorry Kids, this record (like the last one) contains EXPLICIT IMAGERY. You MUST be 18 or OVER to purchase, signed ages statement required. |
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LUDICRA "Hollow Psalms" CD 2002 (LIFE 022) A burley 50-minute 8-song masterpiece packaged in story-book digi-pak format. Full on blackmetal /grind from San Francisco with guttural female vocals, blast-beats, punishing doom stricken gloom and instrumental interludes. This is black metal, but expect no Norway worship here, songs about snowy mountain peaks, or panda bear make-up. It is black metal by default only, and depressing and harsh by circumstance. Hopeless and angry; featuring members of Hammers of Misfortune, Fölcainö, Impaled, Ominum, and the Lord Weird Slough Feg. The band sites musical influences as despair, tragedy, loneliness, and ennui, though their sound could be more easily compared to the likes of Enslaved, Mayhem, Bethlehem, Dark Throne, and Dodheimsgard. |
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SKEW WHIFF "Taedium Vitae" CD (LIFE 026)
"the perfect fusion of hardcore punk and stadium metal" - Eroding Empire. Skew Whiff hail from Liege Beligium and play punked out crust with slaying metal guitar leads. Kinda like their previous bands (HIATUS / MEDICATION TIME) mixed with a bit of BLEEDING RECTUM, SCATHA, and even some later era SUBHUMANS stuff. This CD contains 14 tracks total... 9 from their newest recording from 2002 and 5 from their demo which was later remixed by Geoff Evans and Mauz. Have done numerious tours of Europe, and UK / Ireland.
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YETI
"Volume, Obliteration,
Transcendence" CD LIFE 028 - CD (Digipak)
The surviving members of YETI are back with close to an hours worth of new music. After losing their keycrusher Doug Ferguson to a Pancreatic infection in 2002, the remaining members have written all new material and have tracked 4 incredibly dark and dismal dirges. Musically still much in the vein of their first release "Things to Come" but far more angry and abusive to the senses, drawing influences from MAGMA and SHUB NIGGURATH to MAN IS THE BASTARD and BORIS. YETI continues to offer a heavier music combining the darker elements of jazz and rock forms. This new cd is packaged in a digi-pak, with all artwork created by David D-Andrea. |
