01. Asschapel - Rotting The Body, 2001 Vinyl 7" 45 RPM Hungry Ghost - 001
02. Asschapel - Total Worship, 2001 CD EP Twitch Records - TLP-001
03. Asschapel - Fire And Destruction, 2003 CD Album Crimes Against Humanity Records - CAH-012
04. Asschapel - Satanation, 2003 Vinyl 7" 33 ⅓ RPM Flowerviolence Records - flower 31
Complete thrashihilation of the megazer! I am reloading this with enormous joy. Asschapel mince your meat with the vicious efficiency of the large teeth of their merciless thrash metal. The two 7" and the Total Worship mini album are first grade rocking old-style-yet-not-retro thrash, but Fire And Destruction is yet on another level of ultimate zerness. The universe ranks it between the Accüsed and Holy Terror and we stand there in awe, blood flowing out of our ears. A true thrashterpiece! Asschapel occupy a big large seat in the Eternal Zer Top Ten City 21st century thrash park. Amen.
!ZER Asschapel ZER!
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Kaaos - risthinnaulittu kaaos, Finland 1984
The cultest of the Scandinavian hardcore units! The guys who made the Finnish thrash sound! THE ZER! Fans of Rattus and Terveet Kädet cannot afford to miss this record or their lives are emtpy and dry. Some say Discharge heard them... Fantastic thrashcore ZERRRRRR!!!
Vinyl rip.
If anyone knows where to find the Lost & Found "total chaos" discography CD, zer. Kaaos on Wikipedia Kaaos fan page on MySpace
Ääretön Propaganda (contains Message 7" + Ääretön Joulu 7" + Kumia Ja Verta + Halloween), 1982/1983 (1999 reissue) Unkind 7", 1990 Pissaa Ja Paskaa (live), 1982/1984 Tornio Blues, 1983
Another mighty TK post, because we never have enough. I had forgotten to post the very evil Unkind 7", the smoking 1990 piece of deadly crossover, so here it is. The Propaganda CD is another gem compiling the early very fast and abrasive and plain super killer TK material, let's bleed in a bucket. Then there are 2 live records: Tornio Blues is a 23 songs rehearsal compilation that includes several covers, punkest recording!!! And the Pissaa thing is an amazing live disc fully saturated with all the classic earslaughter and much better sounding than the Discharge live records. MEGA ARMAGGEDDON ZEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR !! RRRRRRR!! RR!RRR!RRR!! !!! !!RR!!!!!RRRRR RRRRRRRRRR!!!!
CD rip and vinyl rip of Tornio Blues (no track list) and Unkind:
A1 Metal Massacre 2:07
A2 Unkind 2:41
A3 Fall Into Decay 1:55
A4 Boots 1:31
B1 Pushed Too Far 1:56
B2 The Horse 1:54
B3 Transvestite 0:58
B4 Whip Me (Jesus) 0:30
01. Repulsion - Horrified, 1986 Vinyl LP Album Reissue Necrosis Records - NECRO 002 Reissue from 1989 - Originally released as the 'Slaughter Of The Innocent' demo tape
02. Repulsion - Horrified, 1986 CD Album Reissue Relapse Records - RR6063-2 Reissue from 1992 - With 1 bonus track
03. Repulsion - Excruciation, 1991 Vinyl 7" 33 ⅓ RPM Relapse Records - RR010
1986 was another grand noisy year: Cryptic Slaughter, Lärm... Repulsion! I am not sure of what the experts say, but if Repulsion were not the original grindcore band, then Adam and Eve were Spanish. Of course at this time, the term grindcore was not in use already, since it was coined by John Peel a year or two later. So Repulsion were thrashcore. Let's be taxonomically correct. On the emotive response level, whatever the term, this stuff was the wet dream of the thrashhead, and it still is nearly 30 years later. Faster, dirtier, meaner and louder! If you were a large consumer of Siege, Septic Death, S.O.B. and the Scandinavian noise makers, you could only eternally fall for Repulsion. Thrash attack til zer forever!
!ZER Repulsion ZER!
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01. Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus, 1983/1987 CD EP Reissue SST Records - SST CD 020
02. Hüsker Dü - Land Speed Record, 1982/1988 CD Album Reissue SST Records - SST CD 195
03. Hüsker Dü - Everything Falls Apart, 1983/1992 CD Unofficial Release Wild Angel Records - HÜDÜCD 1
Among the eternal pillars of US punk rock, let us digest the early layer of Hüsker Dü, the initial monster. Land Speed Record is an amazing noise train and Metal Circus has several hits. For the fans of the Articles Of Faith branch of US HC, this is the book of Genesis. After 1983 they became a bit too mellow for my young Discharge | Venom addicted self and I never took the time to catch up. I may very well like it now, let me check, even if Sugar was never my thing. Meanwhile, these 3 releases rock our heads until we lose a vertebra.
!ZER Hüsker Dü ZER!
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I've been asked what about the links to books on this blog. Simple: it's my blog, I put whatever I want on it, and I love books, so I proselytize the ones I am reading (the good ones). I don't read the news, I read books. And it appears that nobody should read the news, what a happy coincidence. This list of book links does not evolve quickly because I do not read enough and I read several book simultaneously, so progress is pretty slow. I started the New Testament a few weeks ago, but I'm not putting this one on the list, it's too fucking awful. What a shameful waste of paper, but it's OK to read on the toilet. It's actually pretty funny.
I read books because I believe they make me think. Then I reread them, that's why I buy instead of borrowing them from the library. I love to be immersed for long periods of time in the tunnel of a single topic. As an elitist asshole, I have difficulties to take seriously opinions built upon plain feelings, news articles and "messages" from songs, novels or movies. Especially the noise from the infamous "alternative media". If corporate news weren't already bad and incompetent enough, there is now an increasing tide of pollution from these "independent" apes who'd do us all a favor playing with their feces instead. Whatever, boycott it all. Read a book. Amen.
BTW Montrealers who love books should take advantage of the 50% closing sale at the downtown Chapters library. There is going to be an underwear shop in its place. 2505 is nearer everyday.
And now, let us get in touch with the spirit of rock!
01. Zoetrope - Amnesty, 1985 Vinyl LP Album Roadrunner Records - RR 9758
02. Zoetrope - A Life Of Crime, 1987 Vinyl LP Album N.E.W Musidisc, N.E.W Musidisc, Music For Nations - 100181, 100.181, MFN 76
03. Zoetrope - Mind Over Splatter, 1993 CD Album Red Light Records - 88354-2
04. Zoetrope - A Life Of Crime, 1998 CD Album Reissue Remastered Century Media - 66017-2
05. Zoetrope - Amnesty, 1999 CD Album Reissue Remastered Century Media - 66048-2
Nobody expects the speed metal inquisition! One of the hottest zerrest years was 1985 and Amnesty is one of the reasons why. At the pinnacle of the peak of the highest altitudes of the zerrest of speed metal, there were Hallows Eve, Exciter, Abattoir and Zoetrope and 7500 others, but especially Zoetrope, who were in the classic trio of bands whose singer is also the drummer or vice-versa (Warfare, Exciter, Zoetrope, zer!). Amnesty is an addictive attack of rocking crispiness and catchy loads of street metal. It's boiling with energy, memorable hooks and burning execution. It's as sweet as it is rough. It is a gift from the universe to itself. Master thing to bang a head to! My unconditional love for this record has transformed into eternal worship considering it has aged perfectly and leaves nothing to the retro trend. Life of crime delivers a similar array of crunchy tunes, while Mind over splatter is sort of colder and meaner, but Amnesty remains the top of the top (and the CD reissue contains older demos, more zer). Classic albums, killer Zoetrope forever and rezer!!!
!ZER Zoetrope ZER!
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01. Rose Rose - Fucking Crap Fucking Chaos, 2013 CD Album Bang The Head Records - BTH-55
02. English Dogs - The Thing With Two Heads, 2014 CD Album Candlelight Records - CANDLE 458CD
03. Gargoyle - Geshiki, 2014 CD Album First Cell - fccd-0043
04. Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare, 2014 CD Album Ward Records - VQCD-10376
05. Raw Power - Tired And Furious, 2014 CD Album Beer City Records - BCR172-2
Welcome to 1987! The time masheen strikes back and brings us the new releases from these ancient bands, and it's all great or awesome. Raw Power return with a superb onslaught of classic hardcore by a brand new lineup (young guys with Mauro), in my opinion better than the previous album and anything they have released for the past 15 years. However, do not expect Screams from the gutter, Wop hour or, what I was led to believe by the marketing, the maximizer Mine to kill. This is the new Raw Power, fast, loud, punk and shining with impeccable production, maybe too impeccable for its own good as some of the songs could be NoFx with Lemmy... but no Mine to kill level crossover thrash. Enjoy the new Raw Power, it is better than great. In the category of double bands (Tank, Cro-Mags etc. who exist in two distinct concurrent forms who use the same name & logo), the metal English Dogs are back with this marvelous speed metal attack. I haven't heard the new release by the punk English Dogs, but I doubt it can compete with this beast with two heads. So here we get the Forward into battle lineup putting out an intermediary between Forward and Where legend began. Metal constructions with the British punk layer, not as intense as Forward, but more subtle and musically more advanced. Another extra great piece of work. Black metallists rejoice with the new Mayhem monster, except for true black metallists (read some of the expert reviews and have a good laugh). As a little poser who loves everything they released after the Deathcrush disaster, including the monumental Grand declaration of war, I find Esoteric warfare larger than grand, brilliant, awesome and killer: it's fast and doomy, tortured and black, evil and hypnotic like Ordo ad chao with better production. Zer. The experts can continue to mutually explore their anal cavities while I get my daily fix of new untrue Mayhem. Satan overwhelms and commands! And now, you mosh: the newest Rose Rose is another crossover bomb and I can`t believe I have waited so many months to get it. But the privately owned intercontinental systems of communication, music retail, remote payment and motored delivery finally materialized a copy of this awesome CD on my office desk and my satisfaction punctured the roof. This album is a touch better than the previous one, I am impressed. I think Cheaper dream or Neo unknwon trance slayers were maybe a little hotter, but I'm not sure. Rose Rose are among the bands who age very well, and actually improve like a great Scotch whisky. Awesome thrashanese killer zer! And last but not least, the greatest piece of this lot, the new fucking Gargoyle!!! To me the best and the worst of Gargoyle are separated by a very tiny interval, it is very difficult to select a favorite release, but Geshiki firmly sits somewhere in the top 3 of their massive discography. Here they outdo their last three albums or so. This is decade wide peak-level Gargoyle. This is pure Gargoyle-sounding metal thrashing mastery and perfection! This is complete gargoylogasm!!!
!ZER Rose Rose, Gargoyle, Raw Power, English Dogs, Mayhem ZER!
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01. Various Artists - Split Ep, 2009 Halvfabrikat Records, Up Yours Records, Broederkont Records, Maimed And Slaughtered - HalvEP036, UP 005, none, m.a.s 001, Compilation Contains 4 songs by: Misantropic, Deathrace
02. Misantropic - Insomnia, 2011 Vinyl LP 45 RPM Southern Lord - LORD133
03. Various Artists - Split Lp, 2014 Halvfabrikat Records - HALVLP 080, Compilation Contains 17 songs by: Eaten Raw, Misantropic
Zer factor to 11! On "Insomnia", Misantropic revive the holy glory of the legend of "Behind the realms of madness", in composition, sound and power. Since this masterpiece is among the highest monuments in Eternel Zer Top Ten City's Thrash Plaza, "Insomnia" is now sacred too and enthroned as the official Sacrilege fountain of youth. The split 7" is great too, but no super powered female vocals there. The new split LP is superb and magnificent, but according to the careful study in our laboratories, "Insomnia" remains the strongest avalanche of the lot and the most potent delivery of unlimited stamina. Our laboratories have rarely been as excited by a new band, "Insomnia" is the most massive source of compression/release of the past half-decade, Golers level. It is like unreleased energy free at last, you can feel the entropy shrinking and crying to mama. Impenetrable thrash that no blasting grind can overpower! All hail Misantropic! Misantropic fucking rule and thrash til you spit your own skull!
!ZER Misantropic ZER!
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