New distro stuff on the way

Soon:
BISMUTH tape
HEROIN DIET demo
WOLFBAIT tape
BELGRADO 7"
V/A - Acceleration to Doomsday EP
THAWED OUT LP
YADOKAI 7"
WHITE WALLS 7"
REDFLESH 7"
ISTERISMO MLP
GOOD THROB 7"
Some more stuff from HARDCORE SURVIVES....

+ more????? probably. Maybe even a new VRLG release. Who knows...

Seven sevens / Six Twelves sale

SEVEN SEVENS

 

Chose any 7 of the following 7"s for £20 inc UK postage

WHITEHORSE/HOTGRAVES
GRACE
GRINDING HALT/DIETPILLS
GRINDING HALT/SUFFERING QUOTA
SUFFERINFUCK/MANGLE
CEASE TO EXIST
VIIMEINEN KOLONNA
DISTRESS/FATUM
HAUTE COUTURE
DRAINLAND/CELLGRAFT
DRAINLAND/CROWS
CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR
CLOSURE
DROPEND
NOITUUS

SIX TWELVES

Chose any 6 of the following for £35 inc UK postage
BACCHUS
AGNOSY
WHITEHORSE/BATILLUS
DEAD IN THE WOODS
STARVE
STARVE/TERZIJ DE HORDE
TRENCHER
THROAT
MORKHIMMEL
MOB RULES
LAST LEGION ALIVE/HELLSTORM
HORDERS
HUATA (CD)

NADIR IN THE BIG SMOKE

Saturday 10th November
@The Black Heart, Camden

HARK
ex-Taint. think Trouble/Quicksand/Helmet/Kyuss. 7" just released on Super Fi.
http://superfirecords.bandcamp.com/album/mythopoeia-7

SPIDER KITTEN
more former Taint member action. psychy, strung out doom
http://www.facebook.com/spdrkttn

NADIR
new Dead In The Woods band. carries on the psychedelic sludge thing. almost stretches into Gasp levels of craziness. someone else described it as a sludge Les Rallizes Denudes.
http://vimeo.com/37973420

BAST
blackened post-metal
http://www.facebook.com/bastmusic

£6

http://www.facebook.com/events/250816768372192/

LOTUS FUCKER gig/Distro Update

Here's the next 593 collective gig in Nottingham. The distro will be there and it promises to be a great night. The gig will aim to finish by 11 for anyone who wants to come down AND catch Altered States at the Broadway. 

In other news I just added some new stuff to the distro from HARDCORE SURVIVES (Japan) and BEACH IMPEDIMENT (USA). New stuff from AVFALL, VENDETTA, ZETU, DESPERAT, IMPALERS. Killer!

Distro Update:

I have copies of the following for sale:

ATENTADO -Dias De Rabia 12" (LVEUM)£10
INFERNÖH - War Tjard 12 ”(D-takt & Råpunk) £10
EFFLUXUS - LIife Destruktion 12” (D-takt & Råpunk) £10
KROMOSOM - s/t 12" ”(D-takt & Råpunk)£10
SICKOIDS LP (Hardware)£8.50
VAASKA LP (Hardware)£8.50
KREMLIN 7" (Hardware)£4
NATURAL LAW 7" (Hardware)£4
DRY HEAVES - MEDICATED YOUTH (Zandor)£3.50
THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN - POWER JOOGLE POGGER VIOLENCE 10"(Active Rebellion)£6.50
LAST LEGION ALIVE/HELLORM - split LP (Active Rebellion)£7

I'm also expecting a box from Hardcore Surves any day now.

THE AWAKENING

ARTCORE #30 / STATE FUNERAL 7" + more distro stuff

I just got copies of the new ARTCORE Zine, which comes with a copy of the State Funeral EP. This is Welly/Artcore's band. It also comes with a download of the Terminal Decay Comp + a patch.

Other new stuff added to the distro recently:
email thrash_cowboy [AT] hotmail {DOT} com to order

ZINES/BOOKS
DISTORTION FAITH #2
LIMITED READERSHIP #2
NOW THEN GADGIE Book
ARCORE ZINE #30 / STATE FUNERAL 7" (inc. dowload and patch)

SMALL RECORDS
GRACE 7" (Hemlock 13)
NOOTHGRUSH/SUPRESSION 5" (FUCK YOGA/BLOW THE REACTORS)
INSERVIBLES - TRIGUENA DEMO 7" (SHOGUN)
VIOLENT REACTION -s/t (STATIC SHOCK/QCHQ)
STATE POISON 7" (SHOGUN)
HAUTE CAUTURE 7" (SHOGUN)
DEFORMITY - SHARDS 7" (LVEUM)
SUDOR EP + AMIGO BLAS FANZINE 13 (BEAT GENERATION)
PERMACULTURE - SWALLOW WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN 7"(INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL)
VIIMEINEN KOLONNA - LUONNOTON POISTUMA 7" (GASMASK)
DROPEND - DEMONSTRATION 2011 (GASMASK)
DISTRESS/FATUM split (GASMASK)
MERCILESS GAME - GENJITSU WO KUTABARE 8" (SPHC)

LARGE RECORDS
DESTINO FINAL – ATRAPADOS LP (LVEUM)
DISASTER - WAR CRY MLP + Flexi (LVEUM)
ILEGAL - EL AIRE LIBRE DE LOS DIENTES DEL MONSTRUO TIRANO Y CANIBAL LP (LVEUM)
NAILBITER - THE BAIT LP (LVEUM)
ALKERDEEL - MORINDE (At War With False Noise)

Noise Punk Records: Lotus Fucker in the U.K.

Noise Punk Records: Lotus Fucker in the U.K.: Lotus Fucker in the U.K.

BISMUTH

I just did this shirt design for my friends band. 2 piece drum/bass/vocals/amp mountain doooom.

They have a tape coming soon from here:
TARTARUS RECORDS

Free DITW shirt with LP order!

I have some DITW shirts left. They look like this:

I will give these away free to the next few people who order a Dead in the Woods LP.

3 x Medium
3 x Large

All on black shirts

£-10 ppd (UK).
£-13 ppd (EUR).
£-16 ppd (WORLD).

Viral Age: thrash_cowboy [AT] hotmail [DOT] com

MOLOCH/CLOSURE split 7" on FOT/KOTM

My friends in MOLOCH and CLOSURE have a split coming out soon. This will be a split release between the brilliant Feast of Tentacles and King of the Monsters labels and is up for pre-order now. I did the artwork for this record, really looking forward to seeing the final thing. If you don't know the bands then MOLOCH play evil sludge violence and CLOSURE play blistering power violence. This split harks back to the 90's when sludge and power violence went arm in arm. Brutal.

UK/EURO people get it from FEAST OF TENTACLES
http://feastoftentacles.bigcartel.com/product/moloch-closure-split-7-preorder-uk-europe-only

USA orders from KING OF THE MONSTERS
http://kingofthemonstersrecords.bigcartel.com/product/moloch-closure-split-7-preorder-us-canada-only

EGS EP - LTD version sold out

Thanks to everyone who has ordered the new ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS EP so far. The Limited mailer covers have now sold out. I have been getting a lot of positive feedback about this release and will start posting reviews as they come in. I still have plenty of copies of the EP, along with The s/t EGS LP and the new DEAD IN THE WOODS LP.

I have just added a couple of new records in the distro from VIOLENT REACTION and MERCILESS GAME. Both well worth your time.

More stuff on the way including GRACE 7"s, MOLOCH/CLOSURE split 7"s and a bunch of stuff from La Vida Es Un Mus. Expect another distro update soon.

NEW DISTRO STUFF...

Just did a distro update. More stuff on the way soon.

Have a look

This Sunday in Notts: Heavy gig + VRLG Distro action

Taking the distro down to this gig on Sunday.

Distro list for new EGS EP

This will soon be available from the following shops/distros:

UK
Tadpole
La Vida Es Un Mus
Mad Chaos Disease (John Luka)
Inflammable Material
Blow the Reactors
Hemlock 13
Music Exchange (Nottingham)
Static Shock
At War With False Noise

EUROPE
Shogun (France)
Gasmask (Cz)
Refuse (Germany)

USA
SPHC
Soap and Spikes

JAPAN
Record Shop Base

Only a few limited covers left, so be quick if you want one of those.

I have a bunch of new distro stuff on the way that I'm adding as it arrives. I will post a full list soon.

VRLG 03: ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS - Fear, Ignorance, Control EP out now!

After over a year in the making the new ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS EP, and 3rd release for VIRAL AGE is now out and ready to order.

Listen to the first track of the EP, CATHOLIC BLUES


500 copies pressed onto black vinyl with a fold out poster cover. The artwork is an intense and violent depiction of the grim imagery of the lyrics. Venomous tirades directed at church and state, the apathetic masses and the foot soldiers of the far right. These are songs of rage and despair, a stark reminder that things are not ok.

The artwork for the centre labels was conjured from the mind of Skweeler (Icons of Filth, Poison Idea, Septic Death etc) and executed in conjunction with Sparky.

Individual copies £4 each
£5.50 ppd UK
£7.50 ppd EU
£8.50 ppd Rest of the World
First 40 copies come in a hand lino printed mailer.

Labels/distros get in touch for wholesale and trades

A big thank you to Matt Grundy/DIECAST DESIGN for doing the layout on this release. He took my scans of the individual pannels on scrappy bits of paper and assembled the layout for the release perfectly. Matt is a great illustrator and designer. He knows his shit and will make your shit look good. Get in touch with him for design work.

More Distro goodness

A few new bits in the distro.

New in from SUPERFI:
HARK 7"
WHITEHORSE/HOT GRAVES split 7"

and from my Bordeaux brethren:
YEAR OF NO LIGHT/ALTAR OF PLAGUES split LP (1 copy)
SHOCK - Demo Tape

DOWNLOAD THE WOODS

The DEAD IN THE WOODS LP is now available to purchase as a digital download here:
http://deadinthewoods.bandcamp.com/

Distro Update

A few more new additions to the distro:
DRY HEAVES - s/t £3
Killer snotty hardcore from Sheffield. Think Circle Jerks/Adolescents. Yellow vinyl.

MANGLE/SUFFERINFUCK £3
MANGLE = Leicester powerviolence. Really raw and gloomy sounding, like THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE meets NOOTHGRUSH.
SUFFERINFUCK = Grind violence from Scotland. Somewhere between DESPISE YOU, HELLNATION and CROSSED OUT.

Nü-klē-ər Blast Suntan - BLOT OUT THE WORTHLESS SUN £10
A difficult record to describe, but it is absolutely killer! Space crust? At the core it is vaguely crusty hardcore, that reminds me of bands like LOOK BACK AND LAUGH (Including scathing female vocals) but with loads of crazy noise elements and psychedelic guitar leads. Loads going on here. Maybe not for everyone but if you 'get it' you will love it (like me). Lovely clear blue vinyl.

HUATA - ATAVIST OF MANN £9
Amazing occult doom/sludge from france. Reminds me a lot of ELECTRIC WIARD with some upbeat sections reminicent of CHURCH OF MISERY/early SLEEP. But the whole things has a lot of atmosphere, enhanced by brilliant use of organ and samples. Comes in a really nice digipack cover. Recommended.

Record Sale

I'm selling a bunch of stuff from my personal collection Loads of cheap stuff and a fair bit of not so cheap stuff. Postage is not included. Everything is VG+/NM unless stated otherwise. I may add some more stuff like shirts/posters etc soon.

email thrash_cowboy AT hotmail DOT com

Cheers

7"
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED/HALO - clear vinyl ***OFFERS

STUPID BABIES GO MAD/BRAIN EATERS - £2

HELLKONTROLL - Soul Robbers And Nightmare Fuckers - black vinyl £3

Mütant‎– Mütant - £2

STRONG AS TEN - £3

TRASH TALK - s/t orange/black splatter ***OFFERS

TWO BEATS OFF - Screened cover £4

IRON LUNG/HATRED SURGE - IL/HS black vinyl/'Consored' tour cover ***OFFERS

BIRTH CONTROL - Going to Target £3

HALF GORILLA - Graceless Beasts £2

HALF GORILLA/LOADED FOR BEAR - £2

JAWBREAKER - Whack and Blite ***OFFERS

FAILURES - s/t £4

ABADDON - The final fucking straw £3

BREED - s/t £2

CONGA FURY/GEORGE HARRISON - £2

FULL SPEED AHEAD - Born and Bred - £2

DUDMAN– Kaihou 2005 EP £2

WORMEATERS - Cattle cannot choose £2

WORMEATERS - In god we trust £2

TARPIT - Checkmate £2

KISS IT GOODBYE - Target practice/preacher - £2

MEDIC/TRIAC - £2

CHRONICLE AD - Bloodsport War - £2

SPOONFUL OF VICODsIN - s/t blue cover/patch/poster - £2

BLUID - s/t £2

12"
WHITE MICE - Blastphlegmeice - £4

Hot n steamy Monkey Love - £4

MAGRUDERGRIND/SHITSTORM - black vinyl £15

PUNCH - s/t white vinyl/assault records press £10

BLACK BREATH - Heavy Breathing clear blue £15

ANCESTORS - I white vinyl £15

BURIAL CHAMBER TRIO - s/t black vinyl, embossed cover ***OFFERS

CEREMONY - Violence Violence malfunction press, clear red/white+pink splatter ***OFFERS

BLYTH POWER - Wicked Women, Wicked men... blue cover ***OFFERS

MUNICIPAL WASTE - Hazardous Mutation Yellow vinyl, cover has some wear ***OFFERS

CHROME - Red Exposure - Lim.200, white labels, paste on covers ***OFFERS

LEEWAY - Born to expire UK press (Profile/Rock Hotel) Cover has some wear and light surface marks ***OFFERS

MAYHEM - Deathcrush, purple vinyl, gatefold, back on black reissue ***OFFERS

MISERY - Production thru destruction. OG Press, cover has slight wear ***OFFERS

SUNN O))) - Cro-Monolithic Remixes For An Iron Age ***OFFERS

TEST PRESSES ***OFFERS
Braindead/Hangover Heartattack 7" #3 of ?
Army of Flying Robots/Jinn 10" 1 of 5
Endless Grinning Skulls LP APPROVED TEST (1 of 30 copies)
Endless Grinning Skulls LP REJECTED TEST (1 of 10 copies)

New Distro stuff

Just got a few copies of the badboy in. Alaric features members of CROSS STITCHED EYES, NOOTHGRUSH and DEAD AND GONE. They play killer gloomy death rock/gothic punk.
This 2 track 7" comes with a download code (+ some dowloads for other stuff on the label), a BIH sticker and a poster. Limited to 400 copies on black vinyl.
£5

and also copies of the new ONT ROAD/GO FUCK YOURSELF split zine. More tales of punk rock,travel and boozy shenanigans.
£1

I should also get a few copies of the ANGER BURNING - WHEN? 12" early next week.

VRLG03/EGS/FIC

Soon. Good start to the holidays.

Distro Update

A few more bits in the distro
HORDERS - FIMBULVETR LP
THE COLTRANES - I'VE GOR HEAVEN IN MY SMILE LP
CONAN - HORSEBACK BATTLE HAMMER LP
HUMAN POWER - HUMAN POWER? 7"
RUM LAD ZINE - ISSUE #5
RUM LAD ZINE - THE STORIES ISSUE

I also have the following on the way:
MOB RULES - THE DONOR LP *Restock
ALARIC - 7"
COLUMN OF HEVEN - MISSION FROM GOD LP (1 COPY)
NULKEAR BLAST SUNTAN - BLOT OUT THE WORTHLESS SUN LP (1 COPY)

DEAD IN THE WOODS REVIEWS

A few people have had some good things to say about the DITW record. Read them here:

SLEEPING SHAMAN

CVLT NATION

NINEHERTZ

SEA OF TRANQUILITY

Then pick up a copy.

Distro update

A bunch of new stuff in the distro. More to come soon.

FUK - S/T LP
WHITEHORSE/BATILLUS - SPLIT LP
WALLS - THE FUTURE IS WIDE OPEN
BULLSHEEP DETECTOR - 80's WELSH PUNK COMP LP
TERMINAL DECAY - ARTCORE COMP LP + ZINE
ASH BORER - DEMO LP
RANTIPOLE ZINE #3 (With EGS Interview)
GRINDING HALT/SUFFERING QUOTA - SPLIT 7"

Dead In The Woods LP out now!

This is now available to order from me. Dirty Apparatus will have copies soon. I (Viral Age) also have a handful of DITW shirts left going cheap Let me know if you want one and I'll get a price.

Ltd pressing of 320 copies on black vinyl.
Full colour sleeve and inner lyric sheet, download code included
First 50 copies come with extra poster from the final DITW gig.

Please send paypal gift payment or add 5% for fees.
£-10 ppd (UK).
£-13 ppd (EUR).
£-16 ppd (WORLD).
Email for wholesale/trades;
Viral Age - thrash_cowboy@hotmail.com
Dirty Apparatus - thirteenthirtytwo@hotmail.com


DEAD IN THE WOODS – The Sign of the Son of Man LP.

The Sign of the Son of Man is the final output of Dead In The Woods.

Formed in 2008 with personnel from Army of Flying Robots, The Blueprint and Moloch among others, Dead In The Woods ’music has evolved from the down tempo, crust influenced metallic hardcore of their debut split LP with Dietpills to a looser, space rock influenced take on heavy music.

The Sign of the Son of Man is a document of Dead In The Woods as the band was in its final moments: five songs and three improvised jams creating thirty seven minutes of heavy, theremin-infused hardcore, metal and psychedelic rock.

These songs were written during some very chaotic times (both good and bad) in our lives and represent five friends attempting to make sense of that chaos with music and words.
As it became clear that the band was going to be geographically scattered, we managed to converge to Stuck On A Name studios one last time and record all the material we had, five songs recorded in a live setting, capturing a looser, more energetic side of the band’s sound and adding to this a recording of a series of improvised jams which had become an inherent part of the band’s live set.

NEW STUFF + SALE SECTION

Had a great time in Newport last night with EGS. Thanks to Welly for the gig. I scored a few copies of the Bullsheep Detector LP/DVD on red vinyl - this is a comp of early Welsh Punk bands, done by Antisociety records. I have also re-stocked the Artcore Terminal Decal LP/Zine.

At some point during the EGS set a glass of water fell into the LP box. Most of the records survived unscathed but a few unfortunately suffered slight water damage to the covers. Nothing too bad but they got a bit damp and crinkly at the bottom. So I'm reducing the prices on these records to reflect this. Vinyl is all fine.

SALE SECTION - COVERS HAVE SLIGHT WATER DAMAGE
AGNOSY LP £6
CRY HAVOC LP £6
HORROR LP £4 (White vinyl)
BACCHUS LP £6
TRENCHER LP £5
BLANK STARE LP £5
CLONE COMP I £5

Grab bargain!

Also DITW LP's should finally be here next week.

ETA for DITW vinyl is 2nd July. Here's a couple more early reviews:

SEA OF TRANQUILITY

CVLT NATION

EGS EP is going to take some time.

The Sign Of The Son Of Man Review

First review of the Dead In The Woods LP via Mike @ Ninehertz here check it out.

TESTING, TESTING...

This took a bit more time than we thought (the first batch of test presses sounded rubbish) but the DITW LP should be out in the coming weeks. The LP with download code will available very soon on Viral Age Records / Dirty Apparatus Records.

In the meantime, the whole album is available for streaming on our bandcamp page.
Have a listen. Bang your head.

2nd Test Press - Approved:

1st Test Press - Rejected:

MORROWFEST 2012

Illustration by Jimbob Isaac

The Sign of the Son of Man

The Dead in the Woods LP finally went off to press earlier this week. This will be a split release between Viral Age and Dirty Apparatus records and should be out by the end of May. One time pressing of 300 copies on black vinyl. More news soon.

In the meantime here is the video from the final DITW gig @ Stuck On A Name Studios, Nottingham, June 4th 2011. Video by Mike Wright, Audio by Boulty. Thanks!

Dead In The Woods - final gig from Matt Grundy on Vimeo.

Distro Update

Long overdue distro update. Go over to the distro page and have a look at all the new goodies!

For old times' sake...

Nadir Live

Nadir - Live at the Chameleon (Clip 01/02) from atomo on Vimeo.

Here's a video of Nadir playing at the Chameleon with Boredom and Good Throb. Demo recorded and will be released soon.

New Stuff in the Distro from DESKONOCIDOS, CRIATURAS, GUILTY PARENTS.

I also have copies of the new Artcore Comp LP/Zine 'Terminal decay' which features the EGS track 'Squalor'.

AM

Distro Update

New stuff in the distro from Sorry State records and also stuff from FUK, Realities of War and more!

1 in 12 Benefit Compilation

Bit late posting this but EGS have a track on a digital download complation the proceeds of which will go to help the 1 in 12 club.

1 in 12 Benefit Compilation

Loads of rare and exclusive stuff. You get Endless Grinning Skulls, drainland, Moloch, Pine Barrens, The Afternoon Gentlemen, Mob Rules, Volition, Burnt Cross, Dead In The Woods, Tide Of Iron, Closure, Regimes, Grace, a.P.A.t.T., Bulletridden, Redrighthand, The Process, Lich, Cracked Cop Skulls, Army Of Flying Robots, The Day Man Lost, Unquiet Grave, Jinn, Queer Coven, Field Boss, War Party and State Icons

Please check it out.