Evil Robots Attacking Me?... punk, metal, hardcore

Manetheren - Minneapolis, MN

"The End" lp, February 2017

https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-end

Dream Girl - Las Vegas, Nevada

"Ep 1", April 2017

https://dreamgirl-bm.bandcamp.com/album/ep1

1. Dysphoria (00:00)
2. Skeletons (01:21)
3. Belltower (5:30)
4. Orchid (09:15)
5. Purgatory (12:49)
6. Drive (16:55)

WOLVON - Groningen, Netherlands

"Ease" lp, April 2017

https://wolvon.bandcamp.com/

Axioma - Cleveland, Ohio

https://axioma.bandcamp.com/releases

Cloud Rat - Detroit / Grand Rapids, Michigan

Moloch - Nottingham, UK

great Cloud Rat, Moloch April 2017 split release!

https://moloch.bandcamp.com/album/split-...-cloud-rat

https://cloudrat.bandcamp.com/

https://haloofflies.bandcamp.com/album/c...h-split-lp

00:00 Sueno
02:00 Perdiak
03:44 Clench
04:44 Baby Sling Ballon Born
07:57 Biting The Air
10:24 Pit
13:28 Amber Flush

†13th Moon† - Tokyo, Japan

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1357761-13th-MOON

Second Still - Los Angeles, CA

"Second Still" lp, April 2017

https://secondstill.bandcamp.com/

Blue Kremlin - Hamburg, Germany

1984 - 1986

https://www.discogs.com/artist/750247-Blue-Kremlin

^^ Markus Lipka, post-Blue Kremlin action via Eisenvater (Hamburg, Germany)

1990 - 2013.. ??

https://eisenvater.bandcamp.com/

http://eisenvater.com/

Eisenvater - I (Full album) - 1992

1. Der Säuger 04:50
2. Fleisch 02:10
3. Der Greuel 04:48
4. Mutter 03:20
5. Blind 03:42
6. Die Lüge 07:54
7. Hund 03:10
8. Gudrun 04:00
9. Aggressos Apathis 04:32
10. Ayay! 04:02

I like the Killing Joke inferences that creep in here.  

All Your Sisters - San Francisco, California


https://allyoursistersmusic.bandcamp.com/

Great listen, Pablo Picasso (Japan), 1981 - 1985

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1884939-Pablo-Picasso-2

Pablo Picasso - Soft Type - Telegraph Records [TG-018], Japan, 1983

00:00 Yah!
07:54 MANY MANY
11:16 内側の歌 Part 1
14:52 内側の歌 Part 2
18:14 Sign
21:40 Not Movin'

The Suicide Commandos - Minneapolis, MN

One local Minneapolis band that inspired Husker Du & peers.  I guess one fortunate circumstance is that all members of Suicide Commandos are still living fine & well to even release a May, 2017 reunion lp. 
Minneapolis local label Twin/Tone Records (founded 1977.. released early Replacements records, later Poster Children, Ween, Babes in Toyland, Soul Asylum, etc  ) also revived to release the Commandos' new lp. 

http://www.twintone.com/

The Suicide Commandos - Make A Record lp (1978 )

TRACKLIST:

01 - Shock Appeal 00:00
02 - Attacking The Beat 01:47
03 - Mosquito Crucifixion 03:17
04 - Mr. Dr. 05:30
05 - Semi-Smart 07:36
06 - Call Of The Wild 09:04
07 - You Can't 11:04
08 - I Need A Torch 13:21
09 - Kidnapped 16:05
10 - Premature 18:54
11 - I Don't Get It 20:39
12 - Real Cool 22:18
13 - She 24:13
14 - Burn It Down 27:09
15 - Match/Mismatch 29:29

There's a NEW Minus The Bear (Seattle, WA) 2017 lp called "Voids" kicking about, which I've only skimmed. I haven't done a thorough MTB discography on shuffle, listening marathon for a while, but their early releases are definitely some extremely, thoroughly enjoyed pieces of music in my world from the past 16 years or so. Late 90's, early 2000's local Pacific NW hardcore sort of morphed into new territory when MTB formed. I recall when the immediate polarization of NW metalcore, hardcore punk fans and tastes were determined whether or not you were down with MTB, opening for local hardcore bands an such. It freaked local hardcore kids out to see a keyboard on stage. lol. I mean, Minus The Bear are inherently Pacific NW hardcore in root, BOTCH, Kill Sadie, and earlier bands all paved the way & shared members.

It is nice to hear Minus The Bear again tho.. some good tunes. Late nites, long work shifts over the years.. soundtrack moments for sure I like the fact that you can still lose yourself in a MTB song. Prog? For some of us, it was still hardcore. heh.

If I had to choose, 2005 "Menos El Oso" lp is perhaps my fave MTB release. The affiliated, 2007 "Interpretaciones Del Oso" remix lp is dope too. "Prog Fugazi".. i can hear it all now, listening back.


https://minusthebear.bandcamp.com/album/menos-el-oso

https://minusthebear.bandcamp.com/album/...es-del-oso

Minus The Bear - "This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic" lp, 2001

0:00 Hey, Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked
3:49 Lemurs Man, Lemurs
6:59 Untitled
9:06 Intro
10:19 Just Kickin' It like a Wild Donkey
14:30 Potato Juice & Liquid Bread
19:30 Pantsuit... Ugghhh

Minus The Bear "Voids" lp, March 2017

https://minusthebear.bandcamp.com/album/voids

0:00 - 1. Last Kiss
4:32 - 2. Give & Take
8:14 - 3. Call The Cops
11:53 - 4. Invisible
15:49 - 5. What About The Boat?
20:58 - 6. Silver
26:52 - 7. Tame Beasts
31:11 - 8. Erase
36:22 - 9. Robotic Heart
40:48 - 10. Lighthouse

Fuck.

Fantastic!

Wren - London, UK

"Auburn Rule" forthcoming July 2017

https://disciplesofwren.bandcamp.com/

https://disciplesofwren.bandcamp.com/album/host-2

Yo.. interesting, welcome compilation release, including a remix from Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails), and others.  

Nachtmystium - Illinois

"Retox: Remixes and Rareties" compilation lp, April 2017

https://nachtmystium-earache.bandcamp.com/

Mizmor - Salem, Oregon


https://mizmor.bandcamp.com/

Tracklist:

1. I. Woe Regains My Substance 0:00
2. II. A Semblance Waning 13:17
3. III. The Serpent Eats Its Tail 25:11
4. IV. Inertia, An Ill Compeller 39:50
5. V. Bask In The Lingering 50:44

^^ that Mizmor stuff is grim as fuck, crushingly beautiful, seemingly calming, yet still makes me question whether my sanity can take the punishment. But CLEARLY THAT is what you want out of music in 2017 right?   



Anasazi - NYC

https://anasazinyc.bandcamp.com/

https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album...ch-rock-lp

01. Bone Collector
02. Samsara
03. Loving You

1. Beat Street 0:00
2. Horror At The Mass 0:13
3. Thelema's Will 3:31
4. Doors Of Void 6:19
5. Ash Wednesday 8:44
6. Hex The System 13:27
7. Memba Me 16:24
8. Black Leather Curse 19:55
9. Maniac In The Mirror 21:52
10. Morbid Native 25:32

Props to Voodoo Moon youtube channel for this majestic relic!

I was obsessed with this back when. Always a pleasure.

"Zulutime" lp - Caspar Brotzmann and Page Hamilton, 1996 via Atavistic Records.

TRACK LISTING:

[0:00] "Zulutime"
[11:14] "Head Hunter"
[18:33] "Hit Single"
[30:04] "Dream Date"
[37:47] "Suburban Blight"
[43:43] "Imbiss"

0:00 Wilma’s Rainbow
5:02 Tic
11:24 Ironhead
14:42 Milquetoast
19:26 Sam Hell
23:10 Rollo
26:12 In The Meantime

Page is full on singing on the more recent 2016, Helmet "Dead to the World" lp. I'm indifferent to the release. There are still the classics tho. boh! Interesting anecdote in the KEXP session about David Bowie loving Wire.


http://www.helmetmusic.com/discography/

"Meantime" lp, 1992

1. In The Meantime 0:00 - 3:07
2. Iron Head 3:08 - 6:30
3. Give It 6:31 - 10:47
4. Unsung 10:48 - 14:44
5. Turned Out 14:45 - 19:00
6. He Feels Bad 19:01 - 23:03
7. Better 23:04 -26:12
8. You Borrowed 26:13 -29:58
9. FLBA II 29:59 - 33:20
10. Role Model 33:21 - 37:00

"Strap It On" lp, 1990 via Amphetamine Reptile

Track listing

"Repetition" 0:00
"Rude" 3:00
"Bad Mood" 7:14
"Sinatra" 9:30
"FBLA" 13:54
"Blacktop" 16:40
"Distracted" 20:01
"Make Room" 23:13
"Murder" 26:42

Welcome To Algiers
So Long
Exactly What You Needed
Blacktop

Endon - Tokyo, Japan

"Through the Mirror" lp, forthcoming June 2017

https://endon.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-mirror

there's a new ZAO record.

I like it. Very much.

Zao - "The Well-Intentioned Virus" lp, December 2016


https://officialzao.bandcamp.com/album/t...oned-virus

Listen, I've been a fan of Hate5six efforts for years now... this ZAO vid is one of the best vids they've done. 

Zao.. clearly available to play weddings, christenings, work staff parties, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, etc 

So 

fucking 

good.  

Wormwitch - Vancouver, BC, Canada

"Strike Mortal Soil" lp, May 2017

http://wormwitch.com/album/strike-mortal-soil

LISTEN, not that we need ANOTHER hardcore band switching guitar pedals & suddenly doing the shoegaze-core thing in 2017 (sigh)...

BUT I'm not mad at Hundreth for breaking out their Ride records for inspiration, or whomever they're digging @ the moment. I mean, Hundredth are a kick ass hardcore band @ their best, I'm down in places for sure, but I guess once you mastered that, you can move on to other things if you want. Fuck, I like some Cocteau Twins, Darkest Hour, & Grade, so I'm not feeling alienated at the prospect of the forthcoming new Hundredth lp with different guitar petals and less screaming.

Their wiki page already has them entered as an "indie rock, shoegaze" band lol, before the new lp is even released.

Either way, bring it. You can always contrast NEW with old..diversity right?


"Rare" lp, forthcoming June 2017

https://hundredth.bandcamp.com/

In June, I plan on attending a potentially, amazing Mono (Japan) gig with the the band playing in a local church.

I'm rather stoked upon the prospect. Tickets will be very limited.. only so many can fit in the church pews right? Must act fast! Wish me luck! 

https://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/

The Last Dawn / Rays Of Darkness (2014)

THE LAST DAWN:

1. The Land Between Tides/Glory: 00:00
2. Kanata: 11:38
3. Cyclone: 18:08
4. Elysian Castles: 24:30
5. Where We Begin: 32:39
6. The Last Dawn: 40:04

RAYS OF DARKNESS:

1. Recoil,Ignite: 48:50
2. Surrender: 01:02:06
3. The Hand That Holds The Truth: 01:09:51
4. The Last Rays: 01:17:45