PULLING TEETH.

Charm City hardcore w/ a fresh and solid bent in the way they lay it down.
While these guys are a "Deathwish" band due to the association w/ said label - most of those bands on that label get/give themselves WAY too much credit - P.T. actually gets less respect than many others (who pale in comparison) in the "metalcore" genre.
They may play HC shows & such, but they play their heavy HC w/ more metal-than-'core in the mix, and they certainly know how to mesh the texture & dynamics to create a stark caterwaul of anguish whether they are doomin' it up, getting' melodic with it, spacin' out, or thrashin' their tits off!

A great bill would have been these dudes & the sadly-missed Cursed - maybe that happened, who knows?
Ignore the poorly-rendered new-jack tattoo artist covert art & let 'er rip - this one is unique & stands on its own in a genre that I find hard to back much of the time the older I get.



Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions / Paradise Illusions

Link in comments.

COALESCE.

OX is my pick for Record of the Year.

DON'T call it a comeback!!!

Anyways, because I care so deeply about all three of you who frequent my blog /share some of my taste(s), I went ahead and ripped/EQ'd/made cover art for these recently-aired BBC sessions.
Excellent sound, tight musicianship, fierce attack - it's COALESCE.

Enjoy these; maybe the band will release them at some point?
Who knows...

In the meantime, here's a (as the late John Peel would say) "shit-hot" fuckin' gem from them (via me) to you.



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Coalesce - Maida Vale Studios / BBC One Recordings 2009

DOUGHNUTS.

Sweden.
The home of high-tech cellphones, extremely safe automobiles, assemble-it-yourself modular furniture, beautiful hockey and tennis stars, designer vodka, tasty meatballs, rippin' death metal & Abba.

Did I forget anything?

Oh yes...

Back in the early-to-mid Nineties, Sweden was home to an all-female vegan/sXe hardcore band from Umea that released a few records on Victory that pretty much flew under the radar - quite possibly due to their political stance. That, as well as the fact that the meathead sXe HC scene (associated with that label at the time) found the all-girl lineup somewhat a novelty - too bad, as these ladies put their own honest and unique twist (especially vocal-wise) on their output.
They were quite dark & melodic in their appraoch with lots of chugga-chugga/pick-squeals/breakdowns, etc.

While this may be a bit of a stretch for some of you, I find their entire catalog compelling & highly enjoyable, even 10+ years later.
I am also still intrigued by the history of this band - especially for what they accomplished in such a misogynistic scene back in the day...



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Doughnuts - The Age of the Circle

BURIED ALIVE.

The best of the Buffalo Hardcore scene in my opinion.

Terror is just an "okay" band by comparison with what Scott Vogel did back in the day, but then again I rarely listen to much of the whole new-or-old school moshcore stuff.

All in all, the entire catalog released by these guys is solid.



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Buried Alive - The Death of Your Perfect World


Comments would be nice - it's been like a fucking ghost town around here lately, fuck.




Now playing: Burned Up Bled Dry - Cavity
via FoxyTunes

DIE YOUNG.

Solid "new school-ish" hardcore from Houston TX.

Goes great alongside that kick-ass (final) Modern Life Is War CD (R.i.P.)...



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Die Young - Through the Valleys In Between




Now playing: Forcefedglass - Emobombs
via FoxyTunes

TRAP THEM.

I just recorded this live off the web from the WNYU feed as it was goin' down - even made some cover art for you!

While I see them more as "Entombed for the kids who missed Entombed the first time around", there's no denying that they do what they do quite well. I've heard the new record just once so far all the way through, but I have a feeling it will grow on me a bit more soon enough.

No doubt you too will be hearing more about these guys; hopefully bands "on this level" will start wiping out all the ghey-ass post-rock pseudo metal bands around these days that make me wanna puke...



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Trap Them - WNYU 11.06.2008




Now playing: Fear - Welcome to the Dust Ward
via FoxyTunes

FORCE.

A classic in the annals of Japanese grind/metal, Force fucking kicked much ass.
(It doesn't hurt when when you have Hellchild on your "rock resume" either).

Did the Howling Bull label ever put out any bad records?
(The correct answer is NO).

I miss the Howling Bull store that was here in S.F. on Valencia St. for a few years.
Fuck, I spent sooo much $$$ on this kind of shit, as well as Japanese comix, wrestling crap, toys, etc. Alas, the "gentrification" of The Mission District came into being, effectively killing off "the scene".
Nowadays, all you see is a bunch of PUSSIES on their fucking ghey-ass fixed gear technicolor 2-wheeled fashion accessories, sporting some ironic little puberty 'stache, & hanging out on "fixie field" in Dolores Park w/ their pudgy sloppily-dressed girlfriends w/ those awful giant white sunglasses. Bitches!

I'll shut the fuck up about "the good 'ol days" now, but I'm tellin' you - it used to punk as fuck here, bro...

Somebody hook me up with some MULTIPLEX, already, damn!



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Force - Force




Now playing: Iskra - Massacre Of The Innocent
via FoxyTunes

WILL HAVEN.

How the fuck do I describe this record other than " I dig this"?

Late last night I decided to go through some old stacks of CD's down in the garage and found this little gem that I was pretty obsessed with about six years ago.
Things were a bit different then - I wasn't a parent yet - and I used to be able to blast tunes & stay up *ahem* "partying" until early the next morning.

This CD was in heavy rotation on most days/nights.

Them days is gone, but the soundtrack to those years remains, and this still sounds good to me.

Lots of fat riffs drilled into the ground, creating a heavy groove w/o quite being hardcore, metalcore, stoner rock, or (ugh) "nu-metal".
This CD is perfect for a late night solo drive through bad weather on a stretch of unfamiliar road - maybe that should have been my entire description for this, huh? - anyways, Sacramento, CA's Will Haven broke up for a few years, then got back together a year or two ago & released a new record but honestly? That record ain't so hot.

Enjoy this shining moment.



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Will Haven - Carpe Diem




Now playing: The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
via FoxyTunes

*Quietly re-upped 09.01.2009*

MÖRSER.

Two vocalists (at one point they had three), two guitarists, & two bassists round out this tight and brutal-as-fuck German metal machine.
This goes out by request for faithful reader Sueleiman.
Enjoy!


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Mörser - 10,000 Bad Guys Dead

BLOODLET.

I scored this last week while in Chicago for $3.99.
"The Seraphim Fall" is the third release from these Central Florida "evilcore" stalwarts...



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Bloodlet - The Seraphim Fall




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Now playing: Emeth - Impermanence Of Being

HELLCHILD.

I think most of us agree that the Japanese create some of the best bands of the metal and hardcore genres. Well, Hellchild was one of the best at melding hardcore and brutal metal together creating something you can't label death metal or metalcore.
Masters for sure, and I miss the fuck out of this band - you do too, right?



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Hellchild - Where the Conflict Reaches




Now playing: D.V.C. - Licentious Abandon

GEHENNA.

Here's a collection of early material from the controversial / heavy-handed / metallic hardcore onslaught from San Diego known as Gehenna.

Good shit for your Sunday morning...


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Gehenna - The War of the Suns of Light and the Suns of Darkness



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Now playing: Dead Horse - Crashing of The Irate

MÖRSER.

Some tasty grindcore you today, here's the first album from Germany's Mörser who just so happen to have not one but FOUR different vocalists at any given time! Some hot metallic / deathy leads thrown in and as an American the lyrics sound even more brutal in German.



Mörser - Two Hours To Doom

*If you see this message that means this was a "scheduled post".
Lo-Res Viscera is on vacation from May 22nd. to May 28th.*

THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T LEAVE POST COMMENTS.
(I will be moderating comments when I get back from my trip).

In the meantime, enjoy the savage posts I have prepared in advance for you all...




Now playing: The Lead - Hope You Stay Alive

CONVERGE.

By request for Fred Mindgrinder, here's a record many consider to be Converge's finest moment - I'd like to think they haven't peaked yet...

D/L Converge - Jane Doe right here.



Now playing: Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

***200th. Post - Woo Hoo!!!***

BLOODLET.

Recently dug this one up from a box in my garage; forgot how fucking good metalcore was before they called it metalcore. Saw these dudes with 108 and the mighty Coalesce way the fuck back in the day.
Still one of the best shows I ever attended. Great fucking record!

D/L Bloodlet - Eclectic right here.




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Now playing: Ripcord - passive memories

ANTITHESIS.

Just got this in the mail today, lost my original copy a while back.
Seriously caustic grindy/screamy/metallic hardcore straight from Italy.
(Enjoy, I'm going back to the BBQ now)...


D/L Antithesis - Antithesis right here.




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Now playing: D.O.A. - Rich Bitch

CATARACT.

Well-played / high-grade metalcore - direct from Switzerland.

D/L Cataract = With Triumph Comes Loss right here.




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Now playing: Cavity - 9 Fingers On The Spider

CURL UP & DIE.

The final release from these Las Vegas practitioners of precise math/metalcore.
Sad to see the end come for these guys so soon as they were just starting to hit their stride.
Tight musicianship with lots of stop-and-go / noisy / heavy riffage going down.

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Curl Up & Die - The One Above All, The End of All That Is right here.



Now playing:
Accused - Mechanized Death (I Love To Drive)
via FoxyTunes

COLDWORKER.

From the ashes of the legendary Nasum comes Coldworker.
While it may not be grinding all the time, it still has that manic element at the forefront but with some metalcore/death metal brutality added to the mix.
A rather enjoyable listen...

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Coldworker - The Contaminated Void right here.






Now playing:
Killdozer - Don't Cry
via FoxyTunes