Dystopia - Live In Seattle

Bootleg recorded copy.

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Dystopia - Backstabber 7''

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Dystopia - Live on KFJC '96

live recording.

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Dystopia & Grief split

DYSTOPIA

1. Sleep

GRIEF

2. Lifeless
3. Fucked Upstairs

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Dystopia - Dystopia

At long last, the final Dystopia full length will see the light of day! This record contains 6 new tracks, plus a cover of an unreleased song by Dino's old band CARCINOGEN. Recorded at Tim Green's LOUDER STUDIOS during various sessions between 2004-2005, this record is the last chapter of Dystopia's existence writing bleak and heavy doom ridden punk. The LP will be released in January with an editon of 2,000 copies on clear vinyl, along with a 16 page booklet. CD will come out shortly after.


This download just contains two songs that will be released on the new upcoming Dystopia self-titled album.
-Illusion Of Love
-Leaning With The Intent To Fall

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Graves At Sea - Documents of Grief (demo)

TRACKLIST:
1. Red Monarch
2. Black Bile
3. Wormwood
4. Praise the Witch

The guitar tone on Documents Of Grief make me think of entire cities being assailed by huge, roiling avalanches of poo. The tone is massive, all-encompassing and turgid… aural frequency assault as interpreted by Orange amplification.

20 Buck Spin Records is re-issuing this excellent 2003 debut by Arizona’s desert doom dregs, Graves At Sea. It was originally a self-released effort and quickly went out of print. If you get your jollies from the sludgey end of extreme doomation, Documents of Grief is custom built for your (fucked-up) auditory system. In terms of palpable sound comparisons, I’m thinking perhaps Grief and Burning Witch doing a dual interpretation of Dopethrone. It’s a dismally hypnotic journey into the void, the only caveat perhaps being the vocals of dread-farmer Nathan. He makes Attila Cishar seem like mother’s milk. It’ll scare your pets. Or at least put them off their food.

In a nutshell, brutally heavy with a caustic groove running through the mix. Atherogenic poo-core riffage at it’s best.
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Grief - Dismal

1. Rhionceros
2. Isolation
3. Coma
4. Shoot Me...
5. Fucked Upstairs
6. Depression
7. Virus
8. Fleshpress
9. The Drone


"I wanted to see it myself, I saw seventeen thousand kids there, not a smile in the whole group, very sombre. And its not music, I mean I know a guy like me you’d say couldn’t understand well I’m telling you its not music, Its frantic, frantic noise". That is what we hear on a sound sample starting off the fourth song. Probably a description a parent or local religious individual gave. It illustrates well how depressing, down, heavy, unrelenting, unforgiving and harsh Grief sounds.

In the tradition of bands like Winter and Dusk we get some of the most uncompromising and slow doom there is. In fact those bands almost sound like go-lucky happy music compared to Grief, mainly due to the sludge elements. These US Doomsters create some of the harshest sludge doom around. Both musically and lyrically the music is plain rude.

While sometimes addressing environmental issues ('Rhinoceros') or the horrors of World War II ('Fleshpress') most lyrics are very basic and brutal about a desire for death, depression, and hatred for oneself and the rest of mankind. Lyrics like "In my sleep, unsuspecting. Put a gun to my head. I hate my Pathetic Life" from the track ‘Shoot me... (I'm already dead)’ leave little to the imagination. Only on one of the last tracks, ‘Fleshpress’, does Grief show they are actually familiar with the concept of melody.

This not for those who like romantic doom-metal, nor for people who enjoy more groovy doom, this album is one big chunk of misery and will mainly appeal to the fans of "slowed down death-metal" like Winter and Dusk or sludge doom like Eyehategod and Crowbar. Brilliant stuff!

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Noothgrush - Failing Early, Failing Often

NOOTHGRUSH - Failing Early, Failing Often

Slap A Ham( 2000 )

"Some of the most tortured sludgecore ever recorded! This collection of
studio sessions from 1995-1997 features 18 slow, painful dirges that
creep at geologic pace, but keep the track lengths pretty short (for this
sort of music, anyways). Released on the now-defunct Slap A Ham, this is a
posthumous collection of early recordings from eight sessions at
Trainwreck Studios, all of which is seminal hellish doom/sludge, less "swinging"
than the likes of Eyehategod or Weedeater, but not as abstract as Khanate
and Corrupted. Comp songs, their Slap A Ham Embraced By The Anti-Self 7",
split tracks, and the legendary Kashyyyk demo. This stuff will damage the
structural integrity of any building it's played in. Absolutely essential
for fans of burning witch and crossed out as well assunn O))) and
unearthly trance...".

REVIEW FROM IN MUSIC WE TRUST: "One way to appreciate music is to
understand the meter, or "time," it is performed in. For example, it might be "2/4
time," or "3/4 time" or "4/4 time." In the case of NOOTHGRUSH the music
is performed in "geological time." That's right, this is the band whose
riffs are so plodding that continental drift, by contrast, appears downright
hasty. Calling this music "slow" is like calling The Beatles "moderately
successful"-it's a definite understatement. "Failing Early, Failing
Often" is a posthumous collection of many (most? all?) of the early recordings
from these seminal and cranium-cracking lords of sludge. It includes songs
from several comps, their Slap A Ham 7", their split with BLACK ARMY JACKET,
and their "Kashyyyk" demo; which to this day remains one of my favorite
slowcore releases ever and is still able to undermine the structural integrity
of any building it is played in. Obviously influenced by bands like Grief,
NOOTHGRUSH, however, remain an unmistakable and vital band whose audio
carnage will be sorely missed (rumor has it the band was forced to
disband by the government who was tired of getting seismic readings in the 6
range every time NOOTHGRUSH played). In addition to all that, they are the
only band I have had a conversation with that included the words "Chewbacca
action-figure-holding bandolier." In the early 1990s the birth of seminal sludgelords Noothgrush laid to waste to the SF Bay Area. This trio spewed forth their molten musical magma over a span of eight years and carved a path of influence that resounds in the
quagmire of modern day slowcore. For the first time ever, their earliest
molasses-paced epics have been assembled on one disc. The collection
compiles material from their debut Slap A Ham seven-inch, as well as
split releases with Dead Bodies Everywhere, Agents Of Satan, and Black Army
Jacket, plus countless compilation tracks and their legendary Kashyyyk
demo!

If you dig the cranium-crushing sounds of Grief, the Melvins, or
Eyehategod, then you're prepared for only a fraction of the heaviness that
Noothgrush is prepared to deliver!

Noothgrush do more than play sludge. They are sludge. Everything about
this band oozes and crawls. Their music is as punishing and it is precise as
it is plodding. Lyrically they take concepts and ideas that in the hands
of lesser artists may seem silly (Star Wars) or overused (hate and
loathing) and they discover existential sociological and philosophical insight.
From one point of view in the extreme underground Noothgrush are hideously
deformed if for no other reason than they travel a route far less
taken; but from another perspective, and certainly one that I share, their
deformity is actually uniqueness and allows for the breeding of distinction. Y'see
there are only a handful of really stellar sludge bands around and Noothgrush
are among the best." -Jeb Branin, The Crass Menagerie"


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Lachrymose - Demo

I have have nothing in all my searches to find any info on this band besides that the drummer from Dystopia is in it and it is the prelude to the band Asunder.

If you have any info please email me or leave a comment or something and I will post it on here.

They are a really good band though... I recommend you download and listen.

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Links:
MySpace

Graves At Sea - Cirrhosis

1.	Cirrhosis	05:46
2.	Atavist Arise	05:29
Total playing time		11:15

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Links:
Pic + Info from magazine

Sea of Deprivation - Catharsis In Disharmony

The debut release from this Arizona 3 piece featuring members of Misanthropic. Lots of crossover in musical styles but this definitely leans towards the metal end of things, drawing influences from bands such as Carcass, ABC Diabolo, Assuck and Dystopia. Lyrics are both personal and political in a brutally honest way. This record never lets up for a second!


Album Reviews:
"Wow. Incredibly heavy destroying dark hardcore which blends Black Sabbath like heavy sludgy hardcore with grindcore, death metal, and crust. Mix in nihilistic political lyrics and you've got one hell of a sound! I didn't know what to think of this to begin with but this is a surprise favorite this issue!" (-Mangelslakt #3)

"From the ashes of Misanthropic arises Sea of Deprivation. Agonizing vocals, thick guitars, brutal drums and political lyrics. This is one kick ass LP! If you liked Misanthropic, and other bands like Dystopia, then this is right up your dark alley! Nine songs and a Disrupt cover. My friends and I agree, Sea of Deprivation rock! (DD/Heart Attack #29)

Tracklist:
1.Hell Hath No Fury
2.Eco-Catastrohpe
3.The Cold Hand of Reality
4.You Fucking Jerk
5.Who's the Fucking Criminal?
6.Clean
7.Unconditionally
8.So I Abhor
9.The Cycle of Misery
10.Domestic Prison (disrupt cover)


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Bongzilla - Gateway

Album Review #1:
I love to get stoned – who doesn’t? There’s nothin’ like a good bowl or joint to make a day go by that much better, and there’s nothin’ like listening to music while high off your ass, and I think Bongzilla agree with me 100%. It’s no secret that these boys smoke grass, it shows in their name… song titles and the way the fuckin’ music sounds. I mean, you HAVE to be high to write this shit.

Anyway, behind all the smoke there’s some really good music on “Gateway”. The first thing you hear when you pop this album in is static, then a slow, doomy and dirty-ass riff floats its way out like smoke comin’ out your mouth while taking a hit. The riffs on this album are catchy, doomy and groovy. And all of those riffs can be found on the complete monster of a track “Stone a Pig”. Almost 10 minutes of dirty sludge ecstasy, that’s some shit to get high to.

If you’re lookin’ for some fast songs here, you better snort some white lines and put on “Bonded by Blood” cos “Bongzilla” and “fast” don’t go together. You know all us potheads are slow and lazy. The album ranges from slow to mid-paced, and maybe even a little faster (“Sunshine Green”). The band focuses on slow, crushing riffs that’ll…crush you. The vocals aren’t so bad either, loud dirty sounding black metal-like screeching. Not something I would ever think would sound good when you’re stoned, but shit, Bongzilla proved me wrong.

There are some problems with “Gateway”, like every stoner out there Bongzilla tend to get too slow and sometimes boring. I don’t think you’d notice that while high (which is the way you’re supposed to listen to this) so it doesn’t really matter. The album ain’t too long, only 40-somethin’ minutes, so it’s a nice soundtrack to a 666lb bongsession. Go get your favorite bong, put some ice in the water, fill the bowl up with some Killer Cali (I love living in California), pop in “Gateway”, fire up and enjoy a great high.

Album Review #2:
While some bands pride themselves on re-inventing their sound with each release, there are others that you can always count on to stay the same. On their latest release, Gateway, on Relapse, the beloved Bongzilla continues to concoct ridiculously massive riffs attached to a pro-pot message. Screeching feedback drops into a deep, vicious groove of riffs and vocalist Mike Makela’s wicked yowl is almost completely drowned out by the smashing of drums, driving Bongzilla’s THC-induced sound. With songs like “Greenthumb,” “Sunshine Green,” “666lb. Bongsession,” and “Hashdealer,” this Wisconsin-bred band isn’t bashful about their marijuana love-affair. And while Bongzilla carries their attitude and their drug infatuation upfront, at least they aren’t trying to be a band they aren’t.


Album Review #3:
Throughout my adult life, I've been surrounded by varying degrees of potheads. One of my college roommates was a twice a day smoker who might as well have been the poster child for proving how many brain cells are supposedly killed by pot use. Other friends used it much more recreationally and in a couple cases, were probably better off with using it. Unfortunately, there's a segment of the population who has taken this illicit drug and turned nearly into a religion. To me, nothing is more aggravating to than to be around someone who is entirely fixated on one specific thing, whether it's football, alcohol, radical feminist politics or marijuana. When one's life is entirely consumed by a single product, there's a good chance that person is lacking much needed balance in order to function and not annoy the living hell out of people around them.

Bongzilla is one such example. They are now three releases deep into their marijuana themed career (two full lengths and one EP) and they're obviously quite content to continue with their favorite subject of choice. Sampling various movie quotes throughout the CD, Bongzilla is making no bones about their drug of choice. Unfortunately, their monolithic approach to making music is likely to drive away anyone who hasn't taken at least three major bonghits. Despite my constant proximity to pot over the years, I never did get around to trying it and I'm certainly not going to light up a doobie simply to find out if Gateway improves while under an "enlightened" state of mind. The entire album is a series of meandering Sabbath inspired sludge rock featuring more distortion than anything coming out of the White House these days. The entire length of the CD comes across as one extended jam session, showing very little dynamic shift from song to song. It's quite easy to tune out the little buggers after the first three or four minutes and they're certainly not going to sneak in any surprises anywhere after that. Just like hardcore marijuana advocates, Bongzilla becomes nothing more than a persistant irritant within minutes.

Perhaps if you like a dingy, heavy, muck-filled record that you don't actually need to pay attention to, Gateway will prove worth digging up. But as for me, Bongzilla reminds me far too much of those wretched middle aged alcoholic men who used to sit at my bar all afternoon, talking in great lengths about booze. I quit that job. Now I'm going to quit listening to this lousy CD.

Artist Review:
Bongzilla. What a name for a band. I stumbled upon these fellas pretty much due to a random recommendation on the internet. Judging from the title of their albums, this band seems to be chronically obsessed with the whole stoner thing and sweet Mary J. I've not heard anything else from Bongzilla, but could imagine that they've had a pretty consistent career, for good and for worse.

First of all, this album would deserve a decent top mark if it was judged on its musical merits alone. For a stoner record, it's one hell of a piece of sludge. Riffage is just absolutely spaced out and groovy, making up nicely for brutal vocals that really sound like the singer had been spending time with the bong. This is not exactly the most original stoner record or band. They rely very deeply on the standard Sabbath-Iommi-rip-off with maybe a tinge of blues to give a bit mellow edge to their onslaught. Yet musically, this is one of the strongest stoner/sludge albums I've come across.

But if you ask me, all this flies straight out of the window when you grab the album, look at the cover and the lyrics. Although Gateway shares a lot of things with other stoner metal albums, it is just so ludicrously over the top that I very much fear that the fellas in Bongzilla might not be joking after all. You've got a devil smoking weed in the cover. Then there are song titles like Greenthumb, 666 lb. Bongsession (an instrumental that pretty much is what is says) or Hashdealer. The lyrics talk about...weed. The message Bongzilla is putting through is such an obsessed praise for weed that it pretty much kills the charm of the album.

In defense you could say that when Electric Wizard did Dopethrone, they also had this horned guy smoking a pipe. Electric Wizard wasn't too subtle about their choice of herb either. The thing is that whereas Dopethrone is a stoner/doom monument, an defining album as such, Gateway is merely one among the dozens. Bongzilla does their thing good, but have nothing new to give musically, and the ridicilous imagery simply works against them.



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Noothgrush - Erode The Person

After a few years of ambiguity, the almighty west coast doomsters Noothgrush have officially called it a day after over a decade of tectonic sludge destruction, and to commemorate the career of one of the most influential American acts in the game, Throne records has decided to release a confusing compilation entitled Erode the Person. Do no think, however, that this is a reissue of the compilation of the same name that was released in the late 90..s, because this ..version.. is slightly different and contains a few tracks not appearing on the original release. Collected here are tracks from the splits with Wellington, Corrupted, Gasp, and Carol Ann, along with a whole slew of unreleased tracks and new versions of tracks that appeared on the original Erode the Person and Failing Early, Failing Often compilations. All the confusion is totally irrelevant however, because as soon as you hit play and remember all over again how incredibly devastatingly heavy this trio was, you can..t really think of else. There are so many crushing riffs here that it..s pretty impossible to even convey in words what making it through this album is like (those familiar with Noothgrush..s music know what I mean), but this is a must have for any fans interested in doom if you own nothing else from these guys.




I was more than a little stoked to get this CD, which is a collection of tunes from the band's early discography. I have been a huge fan of NOOTHGRUSH since the release of their debut demo and since they steamrolled my brain during their first of many appearances at the Fiesta Grande. This band has taken the handoff from bands like GRIEF (an admittedly huge influence) and run for six. They do more than PLAY sludge. They ARE sludge. Everything about this band oozes and crawls. Their music is as punishing and it is precise as it is plodding. Lyrically they take concepts and ideas that in the hands of lesser artists may seem silly (Star Wars) or overused (hate and loathing) and they discover existential sociological and philosophical insight. From one point of view in the extreme underground NOOTHGRUSH are hideously deformed if for no other reason than they travel a route far less taken; but from another perspective, and certainly one that I share, their deformity is actually uniqueness and allows for the breeding of distinction. Y'see there are only a handful of really stellar sludge bands around and NOOTHGRUSH are among the best.
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His Hero Is Gone - Fifteen Counts of Arson

His Hero is Gone was a crust punk band from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1995 from members of Copout, Man With Guns Lives Here and Face Down, they disbanded in 1999, playing their last show in Memphis. They toured the U.S. extensively several times, as well as Europe and Japan. They released three albums: 15 Counts of Arson, Monuments to Thieves and The Plot Sickens, a limited edition of 1,000 Split LP with demo tracks of then-new guitarist Yannick's previous, and by then defunct, band Union Of Uranus from Canada, and two 7" EPs The Dead of Night in Eight Movements and Fool's Gold as well as a 1995 Demo tape. Simultaenously or afterwards band members played in the bands Deathreat, Call The Police, Dimilaia, Warcry, Union of Uranus and more. The Core of the band Todd, Paul, Yannick went on to form the more traditional d-beat HC band Tragedy. Characterized by crushing guitars, anti-consumerist lyrics along with other social commentary, the band and related projects have remained under the radar by refusing to promote themselves via websites, or larger music labels


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Asunder & Like Flies Of Flesh (split)

Tracklist:

1. The Fall of Elders (Asunder)
2. Tides of Ruin (Asunder)
3. (Outro) Eulogy Part One (cd only) (Asunder)
4. Prelude to a Storm (Like Flies on Flesh)
5. In Spite of You All (Like Flies on Flesh)
6. Punishment (Like Flies on Flesh)
7. A Pain That Lingers (Like Flies on Flesh)
   

Asunder biography:
In the early '90s, crust legends DYSTOPIA and a new stenchcore band, SKAVEN, released a split Lp on LIFEISABUSE RECORDS and followed that with a US tour. With the completion of this tour, 2/3rds of DYSTOPIA moved to Oakland, California, and shared a large house (the infamous "Compound") with members of SKAVEN. With DYSTOPIA on a short hiatus, and SKAVEN broken up due to internal problems, guitarist Geoff Evans formed a new band called LACHRYMOSE with the drummer and one of the bass players of SKAVEN. While rehearsing in their house one day, the drummer of DYSTOPIA, Dino Sommese, who shared the house, proposed that he take up the vocal duties for this project.

LACHRYMOSE began rehearsing regularly and began to play out at local shows. One of these shows, a warehouse show in San Francisco, was to be San Francisco based kvlt black metal band WEAKLING's first show. Due to police interference, WEAKLING never got to perform (pigs). LACHRYMOSE did not last long, and slowly disintegrated.

Wanting to continue playing music, Geoff and Dino decided to start jamming with long-time friend Seth Baker on guitar and Dino taking up the drum and vocal duties. Sharing an interest in both early Swedish death metal and doom metal, the trio began writing death/doom songs and the early sounds of ASUNDER began.

Lacking a bass player, ASUNDER asked an acquaintance from the scene, Jim Mack, of BLACK GOAT fame, to come down and jam. After a couple hours of jamming, Jim decided that ASUNDER didn't need a bass player, and left. Confused and amused, Asunder continued searching for a bass player. Another acquaintance, Britt Hallett, decided he would take on the task. When this lineup solidified, their death/doom intentions did, as well.

Not long after this, an opportunity arose to go into the studio and record a demo. Evans had received some free studio time in exchange for internship duties, so ASUNDER were pleased to have the opportunity to record in a top-notch studio. Entirely self produced, the demo was finished, and ASUNDER began playing out at local metal and punk venues. Having been involved with the recording of the demo, Mauz from LIFEISABUSE records decided he would like to release it as a split LP/CD with old tour buddies, LIKE FLIES ON FLESH.

Meanwhile, ASUNDER had been working on some new material, expanding on their sound. Once again, the opportunity to record presented itself and ASUNDER returned to the studio to record a new song - Of Wind and Wings. Unsatisfied with the outcome of this session, ASUNDER never released this song.

Fueled by this somewhat disappointing experience, ASUNDER wanted to add a new element to the band. With the new material leaning more towards long, slow, sorrowful songs, the introduction of the cello was a logical next step. Long time friend, Alex Bale-Glickman joined, incorporating this new sound. After having performed live a few times with the cello, it became clear that, due to limitations with live sound reinforcement, the cello could not be used in live shows.

During this time, drummer Dino Sommese and guitarist Seth Baker formed a new death metal outfit, INSIDIOUS. Due to increasing time commitment issues, it became clear that Seth Baker could no longer devote the time necessary to remain in ASUNDER. His replacement was found in another acquaintance from the Bay Area scene, John Gossard. ASUNDER knew John from his bands, black metal titan WEAKLING, and depressive gloom metal oddity THE GAULT.

With the inclusion of Gossard, ASUNDER began playing out and preparing to enter the studio again. In the summer of 2003, ASUNDER entered SHARKBITE STUDIOS in Oakland California with famed engine-ear and producer, Billy Anderson. On a very small budget, this marathon session resulted in ASUNDER's debut full length LP/CD - A Clarion Call.

After having completed mixing the album, ASUNDER were invited to play the San Francisco show for the DOOMINATION OF NORTH AMERICA tour and the STONER HANDS OF DOOM festival in Portland, Oregon. This was going to be the first out of town show for them, and an excellent opportunity to play for a primarily doom-oriented audience. Having no means of transport to Oregon, ASUNDER rented a van from a local punk venue, BURNT RAMEN STUDIOS, to make the doomed journey.

And a doomed journey it turned out to be. Not 30 minutes outside the Bay Area, this van began to catch on fire inside. Apparently, someone had bolted the exhaust pipe to a plywood floorboard of the van. This continued to happen every hour or so, and the only solution that they could come up with was to line the floor of the van with ice. Several bags of ice later, they triumphantly arrived, smoldering van and all, in Portland, Oregon.

Upon return to the bay area, ASUNDER began searching for a label to release their new recording. After reviewing a couple offers, they accepted one from NUCLEARWARNOW! PRODUCTIONS. Having been familiar with NWN's high quality releases, ASUNDER saw this as a great opportunity to design an elaborate package for the vinyl-only release, also involving some talented and skilled friends and family with the visual aspects of this release. As for the CD version of the release, once again they entered into a deal with long time crony, Mauz of LIFEISABUSE RECORDS. This was to be a split release between LIFEISABUSE and the band's own fledgling label, DENATURED SPIRIT.

Having come to the end of the work for this album, and having come to a mutual disinterest in working together any longer, bassist Britt Hallett and ASUNDER parted ways. Optimistic now as to the future of ASUNDER, they invited the bass player from Dino and Seth's INSIDIOUS, Salvador, to join as the new bass player.

Considering ASUNDER's relatively small number of live performances, it has been fortunate to have shared the stage with many great bands, such as GRIEF, MOURNING BELOVETH, THE PROPHECY, ORODRUIN, HIGH ON FIRE, local greats like LUDICRA, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, AMBER ASYLUM, SUBARACHNOID SPACE, ARTIFICIUM SANGUIS, and many others. Recent shows have been great, with bands like TARANTULA HAWK, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, and OM. Future plans for ASUNDER include performances at the THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS FESTIVAL, and a possible split release with arizona doom merchants-GRAVES AT SEA. Over 5 years and counting, ASUNDER continues its patient but insistent stride into a future that was doomed from the beginning...

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Grief - Grief

Grief - Grief (Self-Titled)



In 2005 the corpse of Grief kicked open its coffin and has been seen shambling through various venues along the east coast. This doom metal zombie will stalk the night in search of the brains of America's youth on which it will feed. It will live for an undetermined length of time before returning to its hole in the ground.this is a fan run site.


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Grief - ...And Man Will Become Hunted

Grief is:
Jeff Hayward - Guitar/Vocals
Terry Savastano - Guitar
Eric Harrison - Bass/Vocals/Artwork
Rick Johnson - Drums

Years Active: 1991-2001

Tracklist:
[1998]-[...And Man Will Become Hunted]
Predator
I Won't Come Back
If The World Was Flat
Ostrich
Hurricane Jello
Down In The Dumps Again
No Escape
When Rotten Ideas Break Free
-Approx. 49 minutes



Grief biography:

Grief was founded in 1991 by Disrupt guitarist Terry Savastano and drummer Randy Odierno (who later switched to bass and later again left to join Bane of Existence). They broke up in 2001 mainly due to drummer problems - something that was an ongoing problem for the band from the start. They also cited what they called a "hostile environment for doom metal bands". They reunited briefly in July 2005 to play a cluster of reunion shows.

The band had several 7"s including one with Dystopia and Corrupted each. A compilation album called Turbulent Times appeared in 2002 through Southern Lord. The group reunited for one show at the first annual New England Grind And Doom Fest on July 17th, 2005 at The Middle East Cafe in Cambridge, MA. They were so excited by the response to this show that they began booking others, and they toured intermittently throughout 2005 and 2006.

In 2005, the band played shows through in venues including The Ace of Clubs and The Knitting Factory in New York, The Khyber in Philadelphia, O'Brien's in Allston/Brighton, MA, The Living Room in Providence, RI, and Cherry St. Station in CT.

In 2006 Southern Lord Records released a full length live album called Alive which featured their performance at the 2005 New England Grind And Doom Fest. The album features artwork by Eric C. Harrison, who did much of the band's painted cover artwork.

Grief's final appearance was at Emissions From The Monolith 8, a sludge/doom festival that took place in Ohio, May 2006.

The Hartford Advocate wrote the following about their 12/3/05 date at Cherry St. Station in CT:

"Since 1991, these Massholes have been writing songs about a distinctly New England flavor of depression and isolation. Jeff Hayward’s throat-shredding vocals often seem more hardcore than metal; indeed, almost 15 years later, it’s possible to see Grief as one of a handful of seminal NE bands who initiated the merger between hardcore and metal. However, unlike some of those bands, Grief still sounds both relevant and entertaining."

Album Review:
As far as I am aware this is the last album by Grief before they broke up. Often misunderstood and scorned, they never became as well known as Eyehategod or Crowbar (although they deserved it). The band called it quits in 2001, run down by an unforgiving music industry. The anguish and torment of all those years has been captured perfectly on this album filled with sludgy doom.

Grief has always been extreme and stands on a lonely height when it comes to the filth, pain and misery in their music. While they have "calmed down" a bit since their debut 'Dismal', this album is anything but a cute little puppy. No sir, this is still one hell of an angry, neglected, vicious and mistreated rotweiler barking out in anger. The music is painfully slow and twisted while Jeff Hayward screams out his frustrations.

But okay the music has become a little more accessible throughout the years; it can now actually really be called music and not just "pain and torture pressed on a silver disk". This mainly due to the introduction of more of a sabbathish groove (if that would be an appropriate name for such a slow pace) and melody. But as said before, don't let that fool you into thinking they "mellowed out". By their gradual evolution they managed to create an album just as painful for the soul and tortured as on their debut, but a little easier on the eardrums. And that is also where their "accessible" sound ends.

What a shame that they were eventually crushed by the only thing more twisted and disturbed then their own music: the music industry and life itself. Luckily most of the Grief members have already started a new band. Lets hope it will be as brilliant as this album. For now however get this album if you don't own it yet because trust me, the pain will last! A must for all the sludge fans and fans of "slowed down death-metal" like Winter.


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Dystopia - The Aftermath

This album was released in 1999 on Life Is Abuse Records.
I would definitely say to download this album and check it out, its fucking awesome.







Track List:

1.	Population Birth Control	05:50
2.	Father's Gun	02:28
3.	Self Defeating Prophecy	05:22
4.	Sleep	06:06
5.	Socialized Death Sentence	03:11
6.	Backstabber	02:14
7.	They Live	02:40
8.	Anger Brought By Disease	02:52
9.	Jarhead Fertilizer	03:45
10.	Taste Your Own Medicine	01:52
11.	Instrumental	03:13
12.	Diary Of A Battered Child	29:34
13.	Cosmetic Plague (Rudimentay Peni cover)	01:03
Total playing time		01:10:10

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Read post before for a lot of Dystopia related links.

Dystopia - Human = Garbage

Dystopia formed in Orange County, California in 1991. They are considered a sludge-metal band, popular amongst both heavy metal and crust punk scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics deal with things from human emotion to social and political issues to environmentalism to racial equality to animal rights and vegetarianism/veganism. The member were Todd Keisling on bass, Matt Parillo on guitar and vocals and Dino Sommese on drum and vocals throughout most the existence. In the real earlier year Dan Kaufman was also doing vocals.

I really dig this band, they have a great musical style and the lyrics are awesome. I suggest you check this album out if you haven't already, Dystopia - Human = Garbage.

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Links to things involving Dystopia:
Life Is Abuse
Dystopia (myspace)
Dystopia (official site)
Dystopia (unofficial site)
Metal Archives
Interview #1
Interview #2
Dystopia Lyrics
Dystopia Wikipedia
Live Pics

Dystopia Videos:
Dystopia - Live At The Gilman (1/4)
Dystopia - Live At The Gilman (2/4)
Dystopia - Live At The Gilman (3/4)
Dystopia - Live At The Gilman (4/4)

Bands involved with Dystopia:
Asunder- link1
Asunder- link2