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VRLG 13: Bloody Head LP out now</div>
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After loads of delays the Bloody Head LP is finally out! 5(6) tracks of primal punk dirge/existential terror. Recorded one afternoon at SOAN and mastered at Plotkinworks. The covers expertly block printed by The Print Project and feature some awesome/sick artwork by long time BH collaborator/minister of propaganda Vincent Ramirez Price. There are a few different color covers. Mailorder copies are either white or grey. Forever Records in Nottingham have some very limited green covers (exclusive to the shop) and some brown covers with bronze print only available from me in person at a BH gig or if I have my distro with me.</div>
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<br />AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-87857672290406262362017-04-03T08:10:00.001-07:002017-04-03T08:18:16.096-07:00VRLG 12: ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS - RISUS SARDONICUS LPThe new EGS LP is finally available to order. 250 copies in a full colour gatefold sleeve with download. Listen here:<br />
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Here is what Noel Gardner had to say:<br />
You won’t need a recap of why, how and when the world has become worse since 2011, the year in which Endless Grinning Skulls released their first, self-titled album. More helpful, though, might be the veneration of ‘Risus Sardonicus’ – the Nottingham band’s second LP – as a righteous, savage soundtrack for fucked-up times. Over 10 songs and 32 minutes, EGS reach deep into the history of protest-minded punk and hardcore, boiling down decades of experience and encyclopedias of knowledge into a red-hot slab of sound.<br />
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Don’t get it twisted, this isn’t some jejune “hey, at least all this business is gonna Make Punk Great Again, right guys?” garbage. Great punk never went away, and as it goes neither did Endless Grinning Skulls, despite the six-year stretch between albums. They’ve kept the fires burning with three seven-inch singles: ‘Fear, Ignorance, Control’ (2012), a split with Bristol thrash masters Violent Arrest (2013) and ‘Endless Grinning Spirits’, a 2015 tribute of sorts to the infamous Japanese hardcore subgenre ‘burning spirits’. As on that scorching two-tracker, ‘Risus Sardonicus’ finds EGS trading as a trio of Andrew Morgan (guitar), Alsastair Gordon (bass) and Steve Charlesworth (drums) – previous vocalist Patrick Lawlor has now departed, with mic duties now shared between the guitarist and bassist.</div>
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It’s clear from the off that the new slimline lineup retains all the heft and more on wax, Gordon charging in with a rust-throated attack over a powerful staccato guitar as ‘Neoliberal Towers’ opens ‘Risus Sardonicus’ at full throttle. At over four minutes, it’s practically an epic for a first track on a hardcore album, but keeps its energy the whole time. ‘Austerity? Violence!’ amps up the swirling noise, bringing EGS’ D-beat and classic Euro HC influences to the surface, but always feels controlled.</div>
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‘The Iron Cage’ delivers another jolt to the chest via tungsten-tipped guitar leads and crust-tastic snare rolls, while ‘Tubes’ is just under two minutes of righteous thunder that will boil the brains of anyone who loves the Swedish hardcore continuum, from Anti-Cimex onwards. A slower and groovier tempo is introduced on ‘Guilt Games’, whose sound harbours elements of classic anarcho, gothic rock and feedback-streaked dirge punk. </div>
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“I want to tell you a little story / True or not, you decide” begins ‘Septic Ascetics’, preceding a suite of lyrics raining hellfire on the Catholic church and its history of abuse and crookedness. A guitar solo that buzzes like a swarm of metallic hornets and spreads like a rash increases the pressure before ‘Crutches’, the shortest song on the album at 84 seconds, delivers a gnarly hardcore whack. “So cold… so fucking cold” intones Gordon on ‘The Pressure Of Life’: semi-spoken and sardonic, fitting like a glove with a riff that locks in from the start, doesn’t change its ways and doesn’t need to.</div>
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‘Rot’ ventures further inward with Morgan throwing out lyrical references to “paranoid confusion” and a “black dog barking”, over stirring, anthemic anarcho, before ‘Risus Sardonicus’ bows out in majestic style with ‘End Times’. Powered by thunderous drums and a cochlea-clawing noisepunk guitar tone, this closes the album over nearly six minutes and lives up to its can-hoarding title with an itchy intensity that’s equal parts Killing Joke and Rudimentary Peni. </div>
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This aural powerhouse arrives on 12-inch vinyl courtesy of Viral Age, Morgan’s own label. He’s also responsible for the sleeve art, a lurid and eerie collage work, and the ‘End Times Gazette’ leaflet insert, done in timeless typewritten cut’n’paste fashion. Made by three musicians with over 70 years’ collective experience (Charlesworth was a founder member of UKHC pioneers Heresy in the mid-1980s and was until recently in Geriatric Unit alongside Gordon; Morgan’s past/present bands include Army Of Flying Robots and Bloody Head), ‘Risus Sardonicus’ glows with love for the finest in guitarbassdrums noise pollution, likewise disgust for the rotten excesses of 2k10s society and the evil that men do. It would sound equally fresh, and equally powerful, in 1984 or 2024 – but it’s fresh out the oven in 2017, and all should hail Endless Grinning Skulls</div>
I also have a new zine available called UNDISCLOSED SOURCES which contains some of my old cut and paste flyers for 593 collective gigs. A4, 24 pages, black and white.</div>
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I have also updated the distro page with new stuff including Paranoid live flexis, Girlpower LP's, Thisclose 7"s and more.</div>
<br />AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-35362962689274548492017-03-05T11:07:00.001-08:002017-03-05T11:07:27.138-08:00HELLO AGAINSo after a bit of a break VIRAL AGE is up and running again. I have been busy with work/family/real life stuff along with playing in 2 bands and doing more artwork. As a result the label/distro have taken a back seat lately. I hope to remedy that and pick things up again from now on. The distro has been updated with loads of killer stuff, including the brand new BLOODY HEAD cassette album and a bunch of staff from HARBINGER SOUND and lots more.<br />
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In other news I have a new release due very soon, which I am really excited about.<br />
VRLG 12: ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS - RISUS SARDONICUS LP is at the pressing plant and should be out early April. We have been working very hard on this release for a long time and we cant wait for people to hear it. More news on that soon.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-44008408361674628962016-10-30T03:32:00.001-07:002016-10-30T03:32:57.392-07:00VRLG 11: BLOODY HEAD demo cassette<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bloody head is a new band I do with some old Notts heads. 100 cassettes with various colour covers and tracing paper insert. Includes bandcamp download. 8 tracks/30-odd minutes of RAW POWER/primal dirge. Artwork by Jerry PRice.<br />
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<br />AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-4321229824287391842016-10-30T03:28:00.000-07:002016-10-30T03:28:11.439-07:00VRLG 10.5: HARD TO SWALLOW - Protected by the ejaculation of serpents 'official bootleg'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I still have a handful of copies of this for sale. Hard To Swallow's classic album with new cover designed by me. The story: Bloody Kev sourced a couple of boxes of dead stock copies of the Household Name press of this record and asked me to redesign the cover. 70 copies only.<br />
£10 plus postage.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-37599277181720912602016-07-05T09:23:00.002-07:002016-07-05T09:26:30.134-07:00DISTRO UPDATE 7/5/16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g_l94y7OCUg/V3vegRjr6II/AAAAAAAAAX8/Ye7dKWtPN0Qgw0L0zCWsSq7PRUBh8vFFwCLcB/s1600/Distro%2Bupdate%2B7%2B5%2B16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g_l94y7OCUg/V3vegRjr6II/AAAAAAAAAX8/Ye7dKWtPN0Qgw0L0zCWsSq7PRUBh8vFFwCLcB/s320/Distro%2Bupdate%2B7%2B5%2B16.jpg" width="320" height="240" /></a></div><br />
Another big distro update with some great new records, reissues and restocks from DISCLOSE, FRAMTID, LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS, ANXIETY, BAD BREEDING, MOB 47, LEGION OF ANDROMEDA, RUGGED BARACUDAS, VUIL, FINAL BOMBS, CHAOS CHANNEL, PROTES BENGT, DISCARD.....<br />
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I have very limited quantities of this stuff 1-3 copies!AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-83244838285726095452016-05-24T14:59:00.002-07:002016-05-24T14:59:36.819-07:00DISTRO UPDATE 24/5/16Big old distro update with lots of new stuff from KONTON CRASHER, BEACH IMPEDIMENT, SUPERFI and more stuff to come soon.<br />
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I will do a BIG distro update soon, with loads of killer new stuff, just waiting on some trade packages to arrive, so keep an eye out for that.<br />
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VRLG 10: 偏執症者 (Paranoid) - Punkdemonium Hell 7". Repress of the super limited flexi with bonus track. 600 copies with covers printed on cream cardboard an full colour obi strip. 500 copies on black vinyl and 100 on gold with extra screen printed cover.<br /><br />I'm really pleased with this release, it's an absolute belter! Paranoid from Northern Sweden follow up last year's astounding 'Satyagraha' LP with this new EP (originally released as a super limited flexi for their 'Suomi Saatana' tour last December. The flexi sold out in an instant, so I am proud to present it in this new format. 4 tracks of total sonic destruction, including a cover of 'Nightmare or Reality' by Disclose! Paranoid stand head and shoulders above the legions of unimaginative 'dis-clones' with their memorable, well constructed songs and killer production. I think they have really distilled this style and they continue to impress. Get ready for the Northern Winds Of Brutal Hell Mangel!</div>
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I'm very happy to announce my next release. <a href="http://www.bismuthslow.bandcamp.com/">STREAM HERE</a><br />
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Unavailing is the debut album by aptly named Nottingham duo, BISMUTH. "Bismuth has long been considered as the element with the highest atomic mass that is stable. However, in 2003 it was discovered to be weakly radioactive: its only primordial isotope, bismuth-209, decays via alpha decaywith a half life more than a billion times the estimated age of the universe. Bismuth often appears as beautiful iridescent, spiral-stepped crystals."<br />
This sums up the sound of the band well. Like their namesake, the music that Bismuth create is incredibly dense, slow and heavy, but with moments of subtle, ethereal beauty. Bismuth balance stripped down 'less is more' approach to songwriting with a 'more is more' approach to amplification, volume and fuzz to create a crushing and monolithic sound.<br />
Unavailing consists of four epic tracks recorded and mixed at Skyhammer Studios by Chris Fielding, and mastered by James Plotkin. It will be presented as a double LP in an edition of 300 copies as a cooperative release between the band, <strong>DE GRAANREPUBLIEK RECORDS</strong>, <strong>DRY COUGH RECORDS</strong>, <strong>BOX RECORDS</strong> and <strong>VIRAL AGE</strong>, with <strong>TARTARUS RECORDS</strong> handling the cassette version. <br />
<a href="http://tfhtfh.tumblr.com/">Artwork by Tara Hill.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.drycoughrecords.com/" target=""><span style="color: #0072c6;">www.drycoughrecords.com</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.box-records.com/" target=""><span style="color: #0072c6;">www.box-records.com</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.tartarusrecords.com/" target=""><span style="color: #0072c6;">www.tartarusrecords.com</span></a><br />
<a href="http://viralagerecords.blogspot.com/">http://viralagerecords.blogspot.com</a>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-4576236015432119822015-10-29T06:57:00.002-07:002015-10-29T06:57:41.766-07:00DISTRO UPDATELoads of killer new stuff in the distro:<br />
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GIFTGASATTACK, 偏執症者 (Paranoid), MUNDO MUERTO, MULLTUTE, HARDA TIDER/NIGHT FEVER, BRING THE DRONES, SNOB, DISSEKERAD, SOKEA PISTE, SEE YOU IN HELL....AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-66287691712525481402015-09-19T11:08:00.001-07:002015-09-19T11:08:33.937-07:002 NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2 new releases ready to order:<br />
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GERIATRIC UNIT - S.O.T.O. EP<br />
Brand new 7" from GU. 3 fast as hell ragers in the style we have come to expect and a moody mid-paced bruiser. Old, fast, loud hardcore rules.<br />
500 copies on red vinyl.<br />
This is a split label release with CREW FOR LIFE (Japan) and legendary UK label IN YOUR FACE!<br />
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VRLG08<br />
ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS - ENDLESS GRINNING SPIRITS 7"<br />
2 new tracks from EGS, and the first recordings as a 3-piece. While writing the second EGS LP, these songs stood out from the rest of the material. A bit of a different sound to the other EGS stuff, with a bit of a 'burning spirits' feel. Sick artwork by Jerry Price.<br />
500 copies on white vinyl.<br />
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Both releases cost £4 each<br />
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email <a href="mailto:thrash_cowboy@Hotmail.com">thrash_cowboy@Hotmail.com</a> to orderAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-90664439111626499032015-07-12T13:37:00.004-07:002015-07-12T13:43:06.125-07:00DISTRO UPDATEI just did a long overdue Distro update with loads of amazing new punk records. I also reduced the prices on lots of old stock.<br />
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New stuff and reissues from:<br />
DISCLOSE, TERVEET KADET, CHAOS UK/ENT, BARCELONA, PERSPEX FLESH, THE COLTRANES, NO FORM, AJAX, DISGUISE, DAWN OF HUMANS, THE DOMESTICS, METALGEARSOLIDMADONNAS, SAVAGEHEADS, ULTRA VIOLENTONMACHT, DISCULPE, MOSS....AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-75459739802157670122015-04-22T13:34:00.000-07:002015-04-22T13:34:08.233-07:00DISTRO UPDATEI have finally updated the distro page! Check it out, as there is tons of new stuff.<br />
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<strong>VRLG 06: DRY HEAVES - SLIM PICKINGS LP</strong><br />
I'm really happy to announce the latest release on VIRAL AGE, the debut LP by Sheffield's DRY HEAVES. Catchy, snotty punk that takes influence from US hardcore and UK77/82 punk. One of the best punk bands in the UK right now. I really enjoyed their previous 7"s, especially 'Medicated Youth' but this blows their other stuff out of the water! Guaranteed to have you pogoing around your bedroom.<br />
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<strong>Black and LTD red vinyl copies available.</strong><br />
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This is a split release with <a href="http://www.adult-crash.com/">ADULT CRASH</a> from Denmark.<br />
Artwork by <a href="http://tremorizer.blogspot.com/">TREMOR</a><br />
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I have also updated the distro with loads of new stuff.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-40084449294486288302014-10-31T04:09:00.003-07:002014-10-31T04:09:33.913-07:00VRLG 06: DRY HEAVES -SLIM PICKINGS LPI am really happy to announce that the next Viral Age release is in the Works. 'SLIM PICKINGS' is the debut LP from Sheffield's <a href="http://dryheaves-sheffield.bandcamp.com/">DRY HEAVES</a>. Total punk banger! This will be a split release with <a href="http://www.adult-crash.com/">ADULT CRASH</a> from Denmark. More news soon.<br />
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The test presses have arrived and been sent to the band to approve. Some will be on sale tonight at the Halloween gig at the Lughole, Sheffield.<br />
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Also I have updated the distro page. Some things have sold out, and I got rid of the pictures as they were fucking it up.<br />
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On the distro page you will now find new releases from GOOD THROB, PERSPEX FLESH, THE LOWEST FORM, LOS CRUDOS, WORKING MAN NOISE UNIT, SLOMATICS....<br />
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I have also added a page of second hand stuff from my collection. I will keep adding to this as I go through my collection. So far I have only listed some LP's. I am open to offers on this stuff, especially for multiple items, but I think the prices are all fair/cheap already.<br />
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Nadir tapes are selling well, so if you want one of those you might want to grab one sooner rather than later as I have no plans to make another batch at the moment.<br />
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Andy/VRLGAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-1290678450798611222014-04-06T06:55:00.001-07:002014-04-06T06:55:43.086-07:00NADIR Reviews<a href="http://destroyedhuman.com/post/79864311235/a-lysergic-marriage-of-titanic-riffing-theremin">DESTROYED HUMAN</a><br />
A lysergic marriage of titanic riffing, theremin, and vocals that seem like an enraged astronaut shouting back at Nasa after being told he’s going to be stuck in space for ever here on the debut album from Nottingham heads NADIR. I’ve know these four folks forever, and no doubt some of you will be familar with their other current and previous bands (Moloch, Army of Flying Robots, Dead in the Woods, Definition of Ape, Diet Pills, yadayadayada).<br />
You can trace a line sonically this stuff all the way back to some of the heavier moments of AOFR (the start of “Health Farm Death Camp” maybe), and see the progression through each band, sense the element each person has brought to Nadir. There’s a sense of spaciness at work on the album, of it being the soundtrack to some giant doomed planet colliding with a black hole and being devoured in slow motion. A lot of sludge seems preoccupied with the pursuit of higher conciousness through smoking loads of weed and listening to Sabbath - but with Nadir it seems like an attempt to divorce yourself from earth completely and jettison off towards the darkest reaches of space. It’s telling that final track “Last Stand” ends of a more restrained, haunted note that the big climatic crash of guitars that make up the bulk of the sound. Perhaps they’ve reached their destination.<br />
I’ve been listening to this a lot over the last week, and I suggest that you both check it out and if possible listen on headphones late at night - it seems to make more sense in that weird space between being awake and going asleep. It’s strangelly meditative for such a raucous affair. The bandcamp link is above but there should be a tape through <a href="http://viralagerecords.blogspot.ie/">Viral Age</a> soon.<br />
Incidentally - vocalist Jeremie also sings for Beast as God: there’ll be a fairly sizeable BAG interview up here in the next week or so fingers crossed.<br />
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<a href="http://www.terrorizer.com/news/streams/listen-nadirs-self-titled-debut-full/">TERRORIZER</a><br />
Psychedelic doom quartet <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nadirmurk?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nadir</span></a> (featuring members of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bismuthslow?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bismuth</span></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/molochsludge?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Moloch</span></a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dead-In-The-Woods/80965341234" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Dead In The Woods</span></a>) have recently put the finishing touches to their mind expanding debut album, and you can hear the entire thing right here…<br />
Nadir was formed out of the ashes of Nottingham’s premier psych-doom outfit Dead In The Woods, who used to refer to their expansive, crusty wall of sound as ‘His Hero Is Hawkwind’, which, frankly, should tell you all you need to know. The band would unfortunately call it a day shortly after releasing their crushing debut album ‘The Sign Of The Son Of Man’ in 2012, but thankfully, most of the band have regrouped (alongside Bismuth / Megalodoom’s Tanya Byrne on bass) as Nadir, and have just unveiled an absolute monster of a record.<br />
The self-titled album features three tracks that were previously heard on the band’s <a href="http://nadirmurk.bandcamp.com/album/live-rehearsal-demo-2012" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">2012 rehearsal demo</span></a> alongside two brand new ones; the eerie, Ramesses-esque ‘Time Of The Wolf’ and the astonishingly heavy ‘Antenna Collapse’. The record unfolds with a potent, hallucinogenic intensity, as its cavernous doom riffs are augmented by sweeping theremin wails and enigmatic vocals courtesy of Jeremie Cauchois, ranging from gruff bellows to chilling wails that are oddly reminiscent of ‘Into The Pandemonium’ era Tom G. Warrior.<br />
‘Nadir’ is soon to be released as a limited run of 100 cassettes, and you can also purchase a digital copy of the album for a mere £3 via <a href="http://nadirmurk.bandcamp.com/album/nadir" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nadir’s Bandcamp page</span></a>. If you have any interest in doom, sludge and psychedelic music whatsoever, this album comes highly recommended, so kick back, relax, and lose yourself in the heady atmosphere of ‘Nadir’ below…<br />
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<a href="http://www.ninehertz.co.uk/viewitem/4400">NINEHERTZ</a><br />
Just look at that cover image, woah. There's no face displayed on that cloaked figure's face but I'll be damned if I didn't think it was looking straight into my soul. <br />
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Ok, the music, think about the music. It's been touted as 'murk' among other labels and that word sums it up. Low, hanging notes and a dark, smeared sound, it brings forth memories of that once-popular genre of funeral doom, but sped up. Jeremie from Dead In The Woods/Beast As God is on vocals here but uses a clean tone clusterfucked to space with the use of delay pedals and he noodles endlessly on a theremin, making the whole process spaced out and Hawkwind-like in parts. <br />
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Guitars and drums are courtesy of ex-Army Of Flying Robots Andy and Henry respectively and bass duties are handled by Tanya of Bismuth, who is also ex-Diet Pills, so you get the dark, feedback-enriched corner this band come from. During tracks like <em>Mechanique Celeste</em> there's periods of relative calm but it's soon dragged back into a dirty, tar-pit like sticky drag. Jeremie sounds as though he is proclaiming the end times through a megaphone at times, you can imagine them playing this to confuse people in the event of a riot. <br />
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Lyrics on the doom-like <em>Antenna Collapse</em> talk of the 'digital noose' and similarly misanthropic topics all while the guitar and bass create a swirling thick goop. you can imagine at the centre of this particular maelstrom there is no hope, only emptiness. It's really rather profound and original, listen, because soon there's going to be nothing left.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-6700122513280112542014-04-04T13:46:00.004-07:002014-04-04T13:48:56.074-07:00VRLG 05 - NADIR s/t CS/Download Available now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>VRLG 05 - NADIR s/t CS</strong>After many delays the NADIR album is finally out in a physical form. 5 tracks/40 minutes of heavy psychedelic murk. Clear 'prison' tapes, full colour printed download card, patch and screen printed booklet/poster. All housed in a sealable black 'body bag'. Edition of 100.<br />
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Inlay/poster/patch artwork + screenprinting by <a href="http://tfhtfh.tumblr.com/">Tara Hill</a><br />
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Prices<br />
£5 + postage<br />
£6.50 ppd UK<br />
£9 ppd EU<br />
£10 ppd ROWAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-34650878033087396642014-04-03T15:12:00.002-07:002014-04-03T15:12:52.172-07:00NADIR GIGSThe Nadir album will be out very soon, everything is pretty much ready and it just needs to be assembled. This will be a pretty great package and I am really excited to finally get it out!<br />
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Nadir recently expanded the lineup to a five piece with synths and electronics. <br />
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Here are the next couple of gigs:<br />
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AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-32484866591432221572014-03-15T09:32:00.003-07:002014-03-15T09:32:50.745-07:00DISTRO UPDATEGot a bunch of new stuff in the distro. NADIR Cassettes are here, just waiting on the inserts/patches to be printed then they will be assembled and go on sale. Expect another update quite soon.<br />
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New stuff:<br />
<strong>GAZE</strong> s/t demo CS<br />
<strong>SCUMHEADS</strong> demo CS<br />
<strong>SLEAFORD MODS</strong> - Austerity Dogs LP<br />
<strong>INSERVIBLES</strong> - Una vida de tristeza 7"<br />
<strong>NASA SPACE UNIVERSE</strong> - Beyond the wounded galaxies LP<br />
<strong>THE COLTRANES</strong> - Visions of terror and bliss/Chris Benoit LP<br />
<strong>CHURCH WHIP</strong> 7"<br />
<strong>ESOTERIC YOUTH</strong> 7"<br />
<strong>MEATPACKER/FETUS CHRIST</strong> split 7"<br />
<strong>MANGLE/BITE DOWN</strong> split 7"<br />
<strong>BAD AMERICAN</strong> - American dream LP<br />
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AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-35211923714236217772014-03-03T00:40:00.001-08:002014-03-03T00:43:24.429-08:00NADIRThe Nadir album is now available to stream and download here:<br />
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This will be released very soon on Viral Age as an edition of 100 cassettes w/download.<br />
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UnjoyAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652545598053631835.post-51132795769576509972014-02-18T02:24:00.001-08:002014-02-18T08:55:45.182-08:00NEW STOCK + NEW RELEASE ON THE WAYI just did a long overdue distro update, mainly removing some items that have sold out but I also added a few new bits:<br />
DOOM - CORRUPT FUCKING SYSTEM LP<br />
RIPPING THRASH ZINE #29<br />
HERPES - s/t 7"<br />
HERPES/HUNTED DOWN split 7"<br />
COLUMN OF HEAVEN/RADIOACTIVE VOMIT split 7"<br />
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My next release will be the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nadirmurk?fref=ts">NADIR</a> album. This is a band I do with people from DEAD IN THE WOODS/BEAST AS GOD/BISMUTH.... 5 tracks/4 minutes of psychedelic murk/cosmic horror. The audio has been mastered and we are just waiting on finalised artwork then this will be sent off. This will be released in an edition of 100 cassette tapes and will come is a really cool package.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870207707212692555noreply@blogger.com0