Intense, oppressive, chaotic hardcore in the vein of Converge, Botch and Burnt By The Sun. Features another piece of killer art by Derek Hess, whose work has also graced covers of releases by Deftones, Converge, Sepultura, and In Flames, among others.
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Grinding spastic death metal from Canada featuring Mr. Nasty formerly of Abuse! Tard is fronted by Hilary Muff, quite possibly the most brutal female vocalist ever! And perhaps the longest album title in history, "Disgorging Guttural Regurgitations of Dismembered Disembowelment and Effluvious Visceral Entrail Secretions With a Side of Emaciated Malignant Lymphatic Putrescence, a Glass of Ensanguined Malodorous Discharge to Drink, and Coagulated Pustular Rectal Seepage for Dessert (With a Cherry on Top)"

Further face-rot from Comatose, this time it's Vancouver band Tard, with their second album, the ridiculously prolixly enmonikered Disgorging Guttural Regurgitations of Dismembered Disembowelment and Effluvious Visceral Entrail Secretions With a Side of Emaciated Malignant Lymphatic Putrescence, a Glass of Ensanguined Malodorous Discharge to Drink, and Coagulated Pustular Rectal Seepage for Dessert (With a Cherry on Top)!!! Hahahahahaha! Wordulent squalor. The material on disc is certainly as excessive as its title, in fact is very much like an (un)musical equivalent of that big long tangled-up string of brootal nouns, adjectives and transitive verbs, which when put together give us a series of vignettes full o' hectic decadence. Unfortunately, it hasn't been given ideal production: it's like it was printed upon thin, greyish, recycled paper, and the bindin' glue is already comin' unstuck. More on that shortly though.

First, time for a bit o' background info for all the brootal death fact fans (although the troo fans will probably be aware of any of my web-pilfered facts anyway): the drummer out of this band has previously contributed his rhythm section expertise to the work of those misogynistic rascals Abuse, as well as their more recent outfit, Crackwhore, not forgettin' the vox in Myopia. Yes everyone, it's Mister Nasty! Now, Tard don't give you the same kind of bright red sadistic beatin' as Abuse or slobber all over your ears with the same hilarious vox as Myopia, but they definitely have the rough and ready jaggy edges and grindy textures of Crackwhore, diversifyin' that kind of sound with some precariously balanced technical elements, many of which are delivered in a deliberately chaotic manner, makin' for an unsettlin', often rather discordant sound, intensified by the lower grade production job.

Roarin' guitar wrenches out chunkily noddable riffery, with elaborate ensmashment of taut membranes and circular alloys, whilst reassuringly versatile vox make a multi-coloured mouth-mess of gutturals and shrieks all over the place. Without warnin', sudden changes of direction shove you straight into inexplicable structural dissonance; scythin' through your tympanics with razor sharp shards of incongruous chords driven by judderin', segmented blast patterns, with big old hysterical screams plastered over the top. Jammed in amongst the more instinctive, infectious sections, these sudden outbursts make for an unpredictable, exhilaratin' listen, jostlin' your ears from solid yet easily digestible catchiness to jarrin' coarseness, arranged in such a way that your face gets scoured off as efficiently as possible, alternatin' between the different parts in order to blast you, then coax you quickly back in to nod along again with your tattered noggin, only to bash it back in again before havin' had chance to fully recuperate from the previous bout. Almost all of the tunes are over and done with somewhere around the two minute mark (except for the patience testin' bonus track, which is a long-winded, buzz filled cracklescape, the kind of which that eclectic jester Beck would have been proud to include on one of his early home recordings, and would certainly have had the same barefaced cheek to label it as a ‘bonus'[I think there was actually a song at the end of the noises; I'd lost interest by then]), but have plenty stuffed into their pint-sized timeframes, owin' to their constant changes in pace and heated pursuit of the next, even more mangled up section.

Audio quality aside, quite a lot of this put me in mind of Reek of Pubescent Despoilment by Guttural Secrete, with perhaps a few bits of the last Copremesis record, and a few uncanny similarities to Precursors to Extinction, by my camellia sinensis shrub-bud imbibin' friends in Reth. One song in particular, I forget which, has that now infamous, spiniferous Keith logo scrawled all over it, specially in the stop-starty parts with heinous shrieks on each. The singer has broad range of textures and techniques very similar to that of the pulchritudinous Mr. C. Reese. Elsewhere, perhaps some bits of Sikfuk, maybe even Fuck the Facts, possibly Cephalic Carnage.

Although the rough sound lends itself well to the harsher elements, it unfortunately ends up softenin' the overall blow of the work. Whilst the lo-fi edge certainly highlights the most vicious moments and makes them as vivid as a carbuncle, the impact of everything else is reduced considerably. Indeed, there's lots goin' on within one song and, for these ears at least, such compositions need far more clarity and cohesion than what is available here in order to appreciate what they've got: the quickfire direction changes, the extreme dynamics of the vox, the ferocity of the drummin' and so on and on. What could've been a head threshin' crusher of a record is reduced to a scraped, trebly wall of fuzz. The guitar has a tendency to become quite waspy, the kit is rather boxy and toppy, and the bass seems a bit muffly (or is it just my speakers??) and the vox fluctuate in level a bit. Perhaps this kind o' rawness is exactly what they were strivin' for, but I don't think it does any favours for the Tard sound.

Good but tinny.(Diabolical Conquest)

Tracklisting:
1. Vegabond
2. Indecent Proposal
3. Panty Sniffer
4. $500 Punch
5. Trannies And Smak
6. Brain Dead Tool
7. Shooting Blanks
8. Pushing Rope
9. Shocker
10. Grandmas Gift
11. Eating Out
12. Bonus Track
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Brutal death metal from Germany. Sickos TEARS OF DECAY recently completed their first CD for Cudgel Agency called 'Saprophyt', a cool piece of brutal Death Metal the American way. With this record they once again proved that the East Frisian scene is alive and kickin'!
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DOOM METAL WITH TOUCHES OF FOLK & ATMOSPHERIC AMBIENTS! MEXICAN REISSUE!

Tenochtitlan is a “virtual” project, as all the musicians live in different parts of Russia. Because of this, the musicians simply record their parts of the music then send them to each other. According to Senmuth and Lefthander (who were the ones to think of the concept), Tenochtitlan’s music is about the greatness of ancient Mayan culture. They released their debut album, “Epoch of the Fifth Sun” in 2005 on Metalism Records and reissued in 2010 via American Line. (Last.fm)

Tracklisting:
1. Venus Rising (Intro) 01:51
2. Winds of the Sun 08:59
3. 1 366 560 01:28
4. The Secrets of Pakal… 05:20
5. Ye Cham-El A-Em-Aan 04:35
6. Teotihuacan 07:03
7. The Morning Ghosts of Tikal 04:05
8. [All] Roads Lead To Copan 06:03
9. The Hymn of Huitzilopochtli 06:17

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Be prepared to be obliterated, the best brutal technical death metal to come out of Massachusetts in a very long time.
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Evoking the best elements of Meshuggah, Theory in Practice, Cynic and Dream Theater, Terminal Function create a mishmash of chunky chugging rhythms, progressive melodic leads, and Outer Space-like synth passages on their debut, Measuring The Abstract. Sure to please fans of all forms of technical metal.

Tracklisting:
1. Spawn
2. Room 101
3. Dissolving Soul Fragments
4. The Brain-Shaped Mind
5. Tactile
6. Cloning Assembly
7. Auroral Display
8. Remote Views
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2nd album of this japanese Thrash Metal band that sounds like some kind of accelerated version of the mythic italians BULLDOZER. Aggressive, technical and with an excellent production and presentation!!
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Nothing but straight forward brutal death metal. A strange merger of Brujeria and Napalm Death.
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While revisiting the band’s first two albums, TESTAMENT, rather than remastering or reissuing, the classic pairing of Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, Eric Peterson along with metal legends Steve DiGiorgio and John Tempesta re-recorded what the band calls ‘their own greatest hits’ collection from the era. With updated production values, TESTAMENT staples like “Into The Pit,” “Over The Wall,” the album’s pseudo title track, First Strike Still Deadly both offers longtime fans a welcome addition to the catalog and newcomers a fresh introduction to the classic sound of thrash legends…albeit a bit updated with a heavier sound, slicker production and crisper packaging.

Also, making an appearance on First Strike Still Deadly are two tracks featuring original vocalist – in the days when TESTAMENT was known as Legacy – Steve Souza (Exodus, Dublin Death Patrol) on “Alone In The Dark” and “Reign of Terror,” as well as artwork with increased imagery, as was intended to be used on the initial release of First Strike Still Deadly.

Tracklisting:
1. First Strike Is Deadly
2. Into The Pit
3. Trial By Fire
4. Disciples Of The Watch
5. The Preacher
6. Burnt Offerings
7. Over The Wall
8. The New Order
9. The Haunting
10. Alone In The Dark
11. Reign Of Terror
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...packed in a wonderful digipack + booklet, maybe the most nice-looking we've ever done! THANATOLOGIST: Italy's early '90s nr.1 answer to "Reek of putrefaction" seeing the light 15 years later, after a long trial with a "ghost-label" that stole the masters... nothing but the sickest pathological grind dealing with ostetrician monstrosities and fetal surgery. A band that could easily get a huge follow-up but found an unlucky fate and broke up! E.D.B.P.: post Thanatologist band featuring HANDFUL OF HATE's drummer (=speed!), most extreme raw Italian Grindcore in years, "From enslavement.." meets I.R.F., INSECT WARFARE and above all GORE BEYOND NECROPSY! In the works since over 5 years now finally out!! ENTROPIC DEGRADE are performing at this year's Obscene Extreme fest!
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Very aggressive/adrenaline-filled grind from Sweden, perfectly mixed with metal and hardcorepunk elements. Think Nasum, Gadget, Rotten Sound, Trap Them, Pig Destroyer. 10 powerful and dynamic songs which without any doubt will blow your brains out and still keep you moshing!
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Debut here from Seattle hellions the Backstabbers. Not your typical broken bottles in a bar fight rock band. The guitars are still loud as fuck, and the vocals are nasty as hell, but their approach is a bit different. 10 storybook anthems about their undevoted love for the finer things in life: women, bottles and pills. The sound track from a fucked up band about your fucked up life. Willy the singer in the 'Stabbers is currently the front man for Midnight Thunder Express. fans of the Saints, Sonic Rendezvous Band or Radio Birdman will dig this one.
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THE CLEANSING hail from Copenhagen, Denmark and pummel the listener with their aggressive brand of Danish death metal. Take the polished death metal assault of Immolation and add in the punishing groove of fellow Danes (and label mates) Dawn of Demise and that only cracks the surface of the true force of Poisoned Legacy, the band's debut album. Performed with an almost surgical precision and a clear yet intense production courtesy of Danish producer Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Dawn of Demise, Volbeat), The Cleansing have forged an album of highest quality destined to be a favorite of fans of Morbid Angel, Immolation, Dawn of Demise, or Vader.

The Cleansing is a death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark.

The band was formed in early 2007 by Toke Eld, Jeppe Hasseriis and Andreas Lynge. They were all three members of Usipian and wanted to take things further after Usipian split up in january 2007 and immediately started composing new songs.

Toke and Jeppe knew Martin Rosendahl from previous bands and he was quickly acquired for taking care of the bass. Finding a drummer should prove to be a little difficult, but after serveral months Morten Løwe proved to be the right man for the job. At last after half a year a name was finally decided for the group.

The band worked hard resulting in 10 song after 7 months. Morten went straight to Hansen Studio in October only 2 months later and recorded the drumtracks for the debut album entitled “Poisoned Legacy”. The album was released worldwide by US label Deepsend Records.
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THE CORPSE were pioneers of hardcore thrash in Poland. They're started in 1985 and their classic "Fight against rules" demo released in 1988 was a milestone in the history of the Polish HC/Punk scene. Their massive aggressive sound was unique and unexpected in the Eastern European bloc. Their perfectly executed Hardcore Thrash Crossover was influenced by bands like Discharge, Accused, Attitude Adjustment and Poland's Moskwa. It all aroused a lot of controversy and the band was rejected by many punk traditionalists. On the other hand, THE CORPSE set the starting point for more DIY oriented, self-aware hardcore scenes that exploded in Poland in the late 80's with a network of contacts and a great amount of bands like U.O.M., H.C.P., Od Jutra, Nadzor, Trybuna Brudu, Chaos, Political Vermin to name a few. The original demo was sold in a few thousand of copies internationally. They got lots of attention from the worldwide scene thanx to tape-trading and interviews in MRR. They got several offers for international tours and some vinyl releases but their possibilities were strictly limited due to the problems of some band members who faced obligatory military service in the communist Poland. Until now The Corpse has never appeared on a legit record release. This CD contains songs from their best period 1988-1989. Released in digi-pack packaging with a 20-page booklet containing the lyrics, biography, a band interview and tons of old pictures.
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The finish answer to Regurgitate!! young but powerfull band from Finland, TDM plays groovy and heavy goregrind with gurgling pitch-shifter vocals!
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