Amebix - Arise!

So hey since I mentioned Ligeti's "Requiem" why shouldn't I post Amebix, who sampled it in of the most powerful intros in all music, "The Moor?" I don't think I have to say anything about the definining album of crust so I'll just say that this is a reissue containing the two full-on Motorhead classics "Right To Ride" and "Beyond The Sun" and a second cd with a 1985 live gig. Granted, Amebix weren't really that good live performers but hey. Originally released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles this is the 2 X CD 2014 reissue on Amebix Records.

PS: Yes, it was a big disappointment to learn that The Baron associates himself with neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. Fuck him.

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Mönster ‎– Arms cd

On their second lp Mönster eased up a little bit their more hardcore edges for a punkier and more rocking approach and a kind of lighter/less dirty production. If real DIY punk was played in big arenas, Mönster would have been headliners. 2006 cd on Sabotage.

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Mönster / Chainbreaker split 7"

Two tracks of hymnal hardcore punk 'n' roll by Canadian-Polish-German conglomeration Mönster and two more tracks of filthy, screaming rock 'n' roll hardcore punk Germans Chainbreaker. The guy on the cover reminds of a little bit of Papa Smurf, doesn't he? 2006 7" on Vendetta Records.

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Destroy All Monsters ‎– Bored

I remember being very happy when I bought this album during high school as it was one my of most sought-after things after I had a piece on a rock 'n' roll magazing on how experimental and psychedelic they were and that they were something like precursors to Throbbing Gristle. Well, musically not really, but still the sounds rock. This is the band Ron Asheton of The Stooges and Michael Davis of MC5 played in after the disbandment of the respective giants of rock 'n' roll. There is also Niagara, the female singer/performance artist, with her punk delivery and some real fun cat-like growls, as in the beginning of "Bored." The music is really good proto-punk hard r'n'r, with amazing musicianship (check the jamming vibe on "What Do I Get"? and the amazing drumming) and mind-blowing solos courtesy of Sir Asheton. This is a compilation of three 7"s they released circa 1978-1979, and it was released as a cd in 1991 by Cherry Red.

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Reeks And The Wrecks ‎– Knife Hits cd

One of the most undeservedly underrated and defunct bands of all time, Reeks and the Wrecks were from Bellingham, Washington and played experimental and noisy rock on self-made instruments. Their sound included a loud and distorted trombone and combined surf and psychobilly with a very noisy and humid, sticky, style of almost math-y punk and jazz noir and an emphasis on repetitive funeral dirges and dissonance that wouldn't be unlike Tom Waits, Sonic Youth or Keelhaul or out of place in a Jim Jarmusch film. Sadly, the band's mainman Orion Satushek was killed in a traffic accident in 2003, before seeing this amazing album being brought out. There's a 1998 12" called U, which I can't find anywhere to download, so people, please, if you have it, do something! This is one of the most highly recommended albums that will ever pass from this blog, so do yourself a favor and hear this! 2005 cd on tUMULt.

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Wasp Bomb / Female Borstal ‎– Live At The Dog And Parrot 28.3.14 (Fuckin' Amateurs)

Another obscurity brought to your family's entertainment by Blyth's finest record label is this live recording of Wasp Bomb and Female Borstal. Wasp Bomb was a (one-off I gather) project of Lucy Johnson (Smut, Witchblood, Indian Lady, Dark Bargain), Jamie Stewart (Fuckin' Amateurs, Wrest, Oppenheimer, Satanhartalt) along with two other people and played feedback-fog-heavy screaming punk/noise rock, and I'm not sure if I separated the tracks correctly. Female Borstal was one of the myriad projects of Lee Stokoe, accompanied by George Proctor (Mutant Ape, Karst, Turgid Animal) and Jerome Smith (Oppenheimer, Charles Dexter Ward). One of the most band-like musically ones at that, since they played a more psychedelic and energetic version of Marzuraan, that is, lysergic doom metal/drone. Expect much noise and intensity, proceed with caution. 2014 tape on Fuckin' Amateurs.

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Komatoz / Counterblast ‎– Live In Berlin in KOPI 15.05.2011 tape

So the guy who made this bootleg tape had to separate one of the Counterblast tracks in both sides of the tape because of the length. Like it must have been very hard to release the whole Counterblast performance on a standalone tape. And as he says in the liner note, the full CB performance can be downloaded online, but the link for his site doesn't exist anymore. Pure idiocy. So, here we have a live Counterblast performance from a 2011 gig in the legendary 28-year-old Berlin squat Køpi, just a few days after the release of their most recent album Nothingness. All tracks are from said album (unfortunately nothing from Balance of Pain or Impassivity), along with "The Bitter End" from the 2010 Faceless 10". The sound quality sucks and worsens as the tape goes on, and for maybe half the duration there's only one speaker functioning. Great job man, couldn't have done better. But hey, still it's fucking Counterblast, one of the best bands in the crust/sludge world, and this rugged quality kinda fits the depression and anger so deeply entrenched in their music, and the keyboards sound especially menacing and oppressive, and the band plays brutally and with an emotional abandon, so we ok. Let's hope that listeners will be able to bear with the sound. On the other side, there's Komatoz, a Russian crust/thrash metal band, that sounds more on the metal than the punk side for my taste. 2011 tape on Kickasstapes.

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