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MOB 47

This has been a long overdue post. However, it is pretty fitting to feature Sweden's OG hardcore band MOB 47 a week before they play here in Brooklyn (get info/tix here).

To be really blunt, these guys are like what Agnostic Front is to hardcore in America. These Swedish punx only have 22 songs to their name but I only have eight of them, which are featured in the now-legendary Kärnvapen Attack EP. You can pretty much purchase it at any independent record store but if you can't, order it at Havoc Rex - who officially reissued this hardcore gem.

Quest For the Jewels of Endless Life

This past Sunday, friend Jake put on a giant Halloween show at Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Since he has excellent taste in music, he booked Rhode Island's ultimate doom band PILGRIM as part of the Samhain celebration. Here is some footage that I took. Enjoy and be doomed.

Hallow's Eve

Do you need something to do on Halloween other than making a fool out of yourself in a costume? You can head over to the ever-so-queer Club Europa at 9PM and catch the official release show for NEGATIVE PLANE's new album, Stained Glass Revelations!

HOUR OF 13

Even though the crust has taken a backseat (for now), the doom rolls on. I would like to first point out that my respect for the notorious Earache Records has gone up a bit due to their latest signing: doom powerhouse HOUR OF 13 from North Carolina. "Demons All Around Me" is a track to listen to. Wow.

At first glance, when you put "doom" and a southern state in the same breath, you will most likely get a trendy, bearded, "molasses"-style heavy band. With these guys, you don't get any of that. What you do get, however, is straight-up, traditional doom metal of the highest (er, lowest) order. One thing that interests me is that their first ever show was done at a doom festival in fucking Ireland of all places, and their second show will be this Saturday, October 16, at Brooklyn's Union Pool with the Gates of Slumber. If you're in the area, fucking be there.

HORRÖR

It's been a while since I put on some crust, or even discovered some new crust bands to listen to. Today, I stumbled upon HORRÖR from Spain. These guys are very much rooted in the Swedish side of things but there's still something about them that makes them listenable and not recyclable. They're worth a listen. Or you can just say you know one more obscure crust band from somewhere in Europe.

LORDS OF BASTARD

Now here is a pleasant surprise! I received the self-titled LORDS OF BASTARD compact disc the other day and, when I judged the cover, I expected this to be your standard doom rock band. Well, I was wrong. This is insanely heavy, fuzzed out to the far reaches of space and organic as all hell! To drop some names: Electric Wizard, Sleep, Black Sabbath (fucking obviously), The Obsessed and throw in some catchy Kyuss and early Queens of the Stone Age for good measure. If any of these bands tickle your fancy, give these Scots a spin.

BEASTMILK

I've been meaning to write about this odd band for a while but, of course, I slept on it. Fenriz of Darkthrone featured these guys in his blog a few weeks ago but they were so good to my ears that I just had to put them here, for whatever it's worth. I just ordered their cassette tape just now which I highly recommend you doing. Basically, there's no accurate way for me to describe them. Imagine Samhain (a favorite of mine!) mixed in with the classic post-punk sounds of Joy Division and Killing Joke, but in a super gritty manner. Listen closely for some not-so-obvious influences... Oh, and can you ask for more reverb? The spirit of the late-70's and early-80's lives on through BEASTMILK!

THE SAVAGE ROSE

Via friend Karina.



Okay, it must be known that this is my one of my favorite styles of heavy rock. Read up on THE SAVAGE ROSE here. Holy fuck, what a great tip! Hail Danmark!

Welcome To the Wasteland

Oh, look what we have here! If you're in the NYC-area, especially Brooklyn, it is mandatory to come to this show. Here we have New York's defenders of true steel NATUR along with New England's recent gem HESSIAN (who has just been Fenriz-approved) and Brooklyn-based doom trio BAD DREAM. This will be happening at The Acheron and will go down October 12. You're pretty much a false metal poser if you don't attend. Just sayin'.

Con Clavi Con Dio

The nameless ghouls themselves, GHOST, have uploaded a new track entitled "Con Clavi Con Dio" on their MySpace page. Nothing more needs to be said.

Needless to say, they are the band to see at the Live Evil Festival in London. If you can make it out there, do it.

Speak now from the text, pray for all die.

HORROR SHOW

Deathwish Inc. does not disappoint (usually) with quality hardcore and while surfing around their site and e-shop, I came across this hardcore gem: Philly's HORROR SHOW.

Listen to the two tracks, "Inconsiderate Me" and "One For the Angels," on the Deathwish artist page. Basically, this is the sound for East Coast hardcore, i.e. Gorilla Biscuits, first Judge EP, Minor Threat, etc... these guys know how to do it.

I'm not sure where you can find their actual releases, but Deathwish has the "final vinyl collection of all existing Horror Show recordings" in the form of Notes From The Night That Never Ended. This is definitely worth your time.

THE PIST

Here's a band that was tipped on to me last night by Weibs of the Metal Inquisition Radio Show/Natur. Whilst discussing hardcore and punk bands, he mentioned THE PIST: a band I'm surprised I never listened to! Early-Eighties British punk/hardcore "piss off" attitude played by a bunch of old East Coast dudes. They formed in '92 and only lasted four years, with only one full-length, Ideas Are Bulletproof, to their name. If Kill Your Idols, Poison Idea, Negative Approach and early Bad Religion mean anything to you, this is a band to listen to.

VOIDS OF VOMIT

VOIDS OF VOMIT

For fans of Kaamos.

PILGRIM

Last night, I saw Total Social Suicide and FrustraitoR play at the pathetic Europa Club in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Also on the bill were Morbid Rupture's very own featured Nightlore, Jason from Generation Record's crust punk band (heavily influenced by His Hero is Gone) and yet another Rhode Island gem: PILGRIM!

This was striking to me in a number of ways. First, for the few of you who noticed by now, the past few entries were of doom bands. Lord Vicar being one of them. Well, as soon as the Rhode Island three-piece hit the stage (and hard, at that), there was an insane true doom (and Lord Vicar) feeling. The insanely heavy-hitting drumming (which caused the drummer to break a stick during the very fucking first song!), the super loud bass guitar, smooth and bottom-heavy guitar tone/riffing and those fucking doom vocals! You know, the somewhat nasally-yet-powerful singing. Simply stunning. They played for about 20-30 minutes and I was just in doom heaven. To say it was hypnotizing would be an understatement. You MUST see them in order to understand what I'm saying here.

You can get the band's demo at this location. It's actually pretty fucking mandatory. It's also free so don't be a bitch.

The Druid

I just came back from SLEEP's comeback NYC show at the horrible Brooklyn Masonic (Hipster) Temple. It was about as good as the following video.



90 minutes of SLEEP is a bit overwhelming.

THE WANDERING MIDGET

Guess what? I have some more doom for y'all! And this band is yet another fine doom group from the land of a thousand lakes (AKA Finland). Here we have THE WANDERING MIDGET, and they pretty much play traditional, Candlemass-y doom very, very well. Listen to Samuel Wormius' singing...the music wouldn't be complete without 'em. They only have one album (so far, hopefully) called The Serpent Coven and it's worth a couple of listens, and more. Thanks to Pat from Theater of the Absurd for the tip!

Labor Day

To celebrate this fine American holiday, here are some classic American tunes for your barbeque (or whatever you do today).









And of course...

LORD VICAR

Last night, while I was out with a friend, we were talking about doom metal and Finland's LORD VICAR came up during the conversation. Talk about a doom metal band. You might recognize some of the names in this band, particularly guitarist Peter Inverted from Reverend Bizarre (RIP) and singer Chritus from Count Raven. That in itself is worthy of praise as both bands are simply incredible. If you like your doom melancholic, depressing and, above all else, doom, look no further. You'll get some rocking Pentagram stuff and gloomy Candlemass stuff, all in one band...and still sound unique. The band's debut album, Fear No Pain, is out now and you really need it. Like, really.

VOMITORY (USA)

As usual, Sundays are boring. Like, insanely boring. To kill time, I decided to look up Vomitory on Metal-Archives. Of course, I was referring to the well-known Swedish death metal band and I always thought they were the only band with the name. To my surprise, I saw a couple of bands with the name and I decided to click on the American one.

And I'm fucking glad I did!

This hidden gem, VOMITORY from Louisiana, only has two demos under their crusty belts which automatically makes them great. Death metal bands from the late-Eighties/early-Nineties are usually the most vicious at their demo stages and when a band only has demos, it's guaranteed to be good.

This southern death horde plays death metal the way it sounded like back then: doomy, brutal, morbid, etc. You know the drill by now (I hope). Anyway, enjoy these tracks!