Vånna Inget (Sweden) US Tour 2013

http://soundcloud.com/vanna-inget

1/4 Milwaukee - Ground Zero
1/5 Chicago - Ian's Party, Quenchers
1/6 Detroit - Garden Bowl
1/7 Pittsburgh - Gooski's
1/8 Bloomington - 700 Club
1/9 St. Louis - Blank Space
1/10 Carbondale - PK's Bar
1/11 New Orleans - Askapunk House
1/12 Houston - House of Creeps
1/13 Austin - TBA
1/14 Denton - Rubber Gloves
1/15 Oklahoma City - Granny's Baazar
1/16 Kansas City - Badhaus
1/17 Minneapolis - Hexagon Bar

Lapinpolthajat - Wahlroosin Unelma LP, Rajoitus - Hardcore Attack 1995 LP, Hazard/Fight Back 12", V/A Grito Suburbano comp 12"

LAPINPOLTHAJAT - Wahlroosin Unelma 12" 

(Finland, 2012 - Kamaset Levyt/Roku/Shogun)

I have no idea why I waited so long to get this, I can't think of any valid excuse. If you liked their first LP as I did, you are sure to love this one. It is shorter in length, but dare I say it is even better? It is in a similar vein of catchy early 80s Finnish hardcore punk but with leftist political, sarcastic and fucked up lyrics. Imagine LAMA with APPENDIX catchiness as far as sound goes. I had to ask a Finnish friend for clarification on the first LP's lyrics because I couldn't tell if they were being xenophobic or mocking people with those attitudes in one song. A fun fact, in asking this, he let me know that the band name references the Nazi Germany bombing of Lapland. Some of the lyrics have a pretty witty Born Against feel where you can't always read between the sarcasm at first read...and others just seem to be a little out there:

"The bong bubbles and the new Diskelmä

plays in the background

High on mushrooms, colors pulsate to the rhythm

The child support could buy a new bass

unless the money is not spent at the bar"

A little ditty called "Greetings From Berlin." I don't want to make it sound like I am discounting the lyrics, saying they are nonsense, since they actually seem to be about serious subjects like love, poverty and bad situations people can sometimes find themselves in, due to ill planned child rearing. I just love that there is a song that mentions a bubbling bong and Diskelmä in the same line. The lyrics are all actually pretty charming to me as they point out all the crazy stuff around us in our everyday lives that we normally think of as mundane. Anyway, I kind of got off track there. Fantastic record, I love this band, too bad more people in the U.S. aren't into them. 

HAZARD / FIGHT BACK - Realities Of Hardcore Punk split 12"

(Japan/Japan, 2012/2010 - Kick Rock/Bloodsucker)

HOLY SHIT does the FIGHT BACK side rage! Just ignore that the cover art looks like an XBOX game and put this sucker on the turntable. Hails to Befa of Kick Rock records for making this a vinyl release (the CD was originally released in 2010 by the great Blood Sucker label). Tight and fast as hell Japanese hardcore with Tokurow from BASTARD on vocals. Do I really need to say more? Fans of 90s Japanese hardcore don't miss out. The HAZARD side is good, but the FIGHT BACK side is what's up.

RAJOITUS - Hardcore Attack 1995 12"

(Sweden, 1995 - Distortion)

The Swedish band singing in Finnish combo is unbeatable. This band just sounds so god damn MEAN, I highly recommend the 2nd LP released by Hardcore Holocaust (2005) and the 3rd LP released by Putrid Filth Conspiracy (2008). Noooo it's not your mysterious, paper thin treble record band, this is burly hardcore that just keeps slapping your face with an icy hand over and over again. This first LP is a little different than the next 2, but it has a cool raw lof-fi sound that the others don't have. Not my favorite record of theirs, but still cool to get, I am still missing their first 7" and a couple splits.

  

V/A GRITO SUBURBANO - compilation 12"

(w/ OLHO SECO, INOCENTES, CÓLERA)

(Brazil, 1984/1982 - New Face)

This is the third press (I believe) of this cool Brazilian comp I bought from a friend. The true winner here is OLHO SECO. Of course the whole comp is great, but OLHO SECO's guitar sound is so caustic and feral on these tracks.

Miasmal (Sweden) / Hatred Surge / Mammoth Grinder / Innumerable Forms / Bone Sickness U.S. TOUR

Miasmal (Sweden)
Mammoth Grinder
Hatred Surge
Innumerable Forms
Bone Sickness

May 17th Austin,TX at Beerland w/ Hatred Surge,Mammoth Grinder and Anhedonist
May 18th Denton,TX at Rubber Gloves w/ Hatred Surge,Mammoth Grinder and Power Trip
May 19th St Louis,MO w/ Hatred Surge and Mammoth Grinder
May 20th Chicago,IL w/ Hatred Surge and Mammoth Grinder
May 21st Cleveland,OH at Now That's Class w/ Hatred Surge and Mammoth Grinder
May 22nd ????
May 23rd Boston,MA w/ Hatred Surge,Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
May 24th Brooklyn,NY at the Acheron w/ Hatred Surge,Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
May 25th Philadelphia,PA at the Barbary w/ Hatred Surge,Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
May 26th Maryland Death Fest
May 27th Maryland Death Fest
May 28th Maryland Death Fest
May 29th Maryland Death Fest
May 30th Richmond,VA at Strange Matter w/ Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
May 31st Atlanta,GA at Wonder Root w/ Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
June 1st New Orleans,LA at Siberia w/ Mammoth Grinder and Innumerable Forms
June 2nd Chaos in Tejas
June 3rd Chaos in Tejas
June 4th Chaos in Tejas
June 5th ?????
June 6th Phoenix,AZ at Sound Kontrol w/ Bone Sickness
June 7th San Diego,CA w/ Bone Sickness
June 8th Long Beach,CA w/ Bone Sickness
June 9th Los Angeles,CA at the BLVD w/ Bone Sickness
June 10th San Jose,CA at the House of the Dead Rat (416 w. San Fernando St.) w/ Bone Sickness
June 11th San Francisco,CA at the Hemlock w/ Bone Sickness
June 12th Oakland,CA at Victory Warehouse w/ Bone Sickness,Undergang and Acephalix
June 13th Arcata,CA at the Big Tree w/ Bone Sickness
June 14th Portland,OR w/ Bone Sickness
June 15th Seattle,WA at the Black Lodge w/ Iron Lung and Bone Sickness
June 16th Olympia,WA w/ Bone Sickness and Sanctuary of Blasphemy

2010 Eastern U.S. tour + 1 Canadian date

Classic Swedish HC mangelers tour Eastern U.S. with a date in Montreal with the mighty Parasytic.

Bastard Priest- Under The Hammer Of Destruction LP

YES! Old school Swedish dödsmetal done right, in a way that hearkens back to Entombed's Left Hand Path or early Dismember. Under The Hammer Of Destruction is not as rough as the demo, but still retains the nasty, punk edge. This is my kind of metal. Great cover art, and an all out assault of your aural senses without any dicking around. Released by the great Blood Harvest label from Sweden, it is still available, so don't sleep! People in North America, can get this from 20 Buck Spin, among some others, I am sure.

Glean some songs here.

10/17/09 Columbus: SISTA SEKUNDEN (Sweden) @LOD

10/17 Columbus
@The Legion Of Doom 9pm
1579 Indianola Ave

Sista Sekunden (ripping HC from Sweden, members of Skitkids & Intensity)
Black Dove
Godeater

**This show should start somewhat on time, since there are many other shows going on that night.

5/25/09 Project Hopeless (Sweden), Expendable Youth, Empire, Painkiller show

MONDAY 5/25/09
9 PM @THE LEGION OF DOOM
1579 INDIANOLA AVE

ALL AGES. NO BOOZE. RIPPERS ONLY.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got the Project Hopeless 12". The political nature of the album really reminded me of the 90s U.K. anarcho-crust punk bands like Disaffect and Sedition. It was often mundane at the time, but in today's climate, it is actually a breath of fresh air. Most hardcore bands of today don't dare have such starkly leftist lyrics...maybe out of fear of sounding too naive? This mixed with a brutal Swedish hardcore sound is a great mix, in my book. Either way, I am looking forward to this show. From here, it looks solid all the way around. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Columbus' Empire in a while. For those outside of Ohio, they are our very own Integrity worshippers, playing heavy as shit hardcore. Great stuff. I am also interested to see Painkiller, I have heard good things.

Band links:
PROJECT HOPELESS
EXPENDABLE YOUTH
EMPIRE