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[audio:http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/youaretheone.mp3] OK, I’ll admit it, I haven’t given Place to Bury Strangers’ new album, Worship, an honest chance yet. Honestly, it’s got a lot to do with me being lukewarm on the band’s last EP; however, I’m
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There’s nothing up there but heavy clouds by Host Some rough, face-smashing metallic hardcore coming straight out of New Hampshire on this new collection of tracks from the band Host. Loving the dirty guitar sounds on this thing. Really heavy, but sour and dissonant where it counts.
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Death Grips drops some new visuals for the track “Double Helix.” Like most music videos from these guys, the concept is simple, the budget it low, but it still manages to achieve a weird originality. Rapping into the camera built into the back of a car that’s supposed to
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Recently one of my favorite bands, the New York black metal experimentalists known as Liturgy, lost a pivotal member of their band: drummer Greg Fox. While Liturgy has made no formal announcements breaking up the band, I imagine it would be tough to continue down the same path of intensity
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False Monuments by Hunt / Gather Some emotionally and sonically crushing post-hardcore from the band Hunt / Gather. They’ve got a new LP titled False Moments, and it’s available on Bandcamp right now. Between the sharp guitar leads, abrasive distortion, and aggressive vocals, these guys have a lot going for
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The Messianic Downfall by GNAW THEIR TONGUES “The Messianic Downfall” is a sickeningly dark piece of vile, noisy, and lo-fi black metal from this project’s recently released Eschatological Scatology. Nice title. This LP was recorded back in ’09, but hasn’t had any sort of official release until this
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Stream / Download: The Intelligence- “Techno Tuesday” San Franciscan group the Intelligence play garage rock, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t know how to tone things down. With its first half driven largely by a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, “Techno Tuesday,” the second track to drop from the
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Paradise of Blood by IDYLLS Brisbane band IDYLLS reaches the threshold of grindcore-inspired extremity without beating an eye on “Paradise of Blood,” and the band manages to litter the short and to-the-point sonic assault with some of the most colorful and frenetic guitar phrases I’ve heard in a while.
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Up-and-coming Boston punk outfit Cerce brings together an impressive blend of extreme music styles on this CD-R-printed collection of tracks. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Six Brew Bantha – s/t LP by To Live A Lie Records Some mosh-inducing powerviolence from the new, self-titled Six Brew Bantha album. Stream it via the Bandcamp widget above. The record is set to be released on To Live A Lie, but its physical release date doesn’t seem
