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Ed Gein
Grind / Metal / Hardcore
Syracuse, NY, USA

For Fans Of: Gaza, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Exosus

How many Donnie Darko samples can we fit on a 26 minute record? Listening to Ed Gein always brings back to my junior year in high school. I have a very vivid memory of my shaggy black hair sitting above my eyes while listening to ‘Its a shame…’ during my 5th period American History class. I would hide my cd player in my hoodie pocket and have the little ear bud headphones come up underneath the zip up during lectures. Who gives a shit about Indian Schools when I can listen to one of the best 3 piece bands that has ever existed.

The ‘It’s A Shame’ LP came out on Hex Records in 2003. One of my favorite records to this day. I still recall the show they played at the now empty Tempe Barn Bar called Minder Binders. It was a weeknight right during Christmas break. They played outdoors on an enormous stage. The drummer asked for crowd participation and encouraged us to get on stage with them, I got up there and lit up a cigarette. He then looked me straight in the eyes and announced the song title being “The Marlboro Man Is A Douche Bag”. Check out their website here.

Ed Gein
Song: The Marlboro Man Is A Douche Bag
Album: It’s A Shame That A Family Can Be Torn Apart By Something As Simple As A Pack Of Wild Dogs (2003)

Ed Gein
Song: Beating A Dead Horse
Album: It’s A Shame That A Family Can Be Torn Apart By Something As Simple As A Pack Of Wild Dogs (2003)

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Terror Visions
Punk / Electro
Memphis, TN, USA

For Fans Of: Digital Leather, Lost Sounds, Jay Reatard

What kind of music do people make when they’re on drugs? Now that Jay Reatard has been dead for a few weeks we can go ahead and jock his music a bit more. ‘World of Shit’ came out in 2007 after the break up of Lost Sounds. Terror Visions is somewhat of a stripped down and drugged out version of the last few tracks that Lost Sounds recorded. That is a very very good thing. It’s almost as if Jay Reatard decided to do a garage rock karaoke jam out to The Cure’s “Japanese Whispers”. ‘Medicating Dreams’ is definitely the best track on this record so check it out!

The LP came out on FDH Records and you can order it there. If you google hard enough I bet you’ll be able to find it as well.

Terror Visions
Song: Medicating Dreams
Album: World Of Shit (2007)

Terror Visions
Song: You Look So Pretty In Red
Album: World Of Shit (2007)

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Eating Glass
Thrash / Hardcore / Punk
Ontario, Canada

For Fans Of: Pulling Teeth, Weekend Nachos, Cut The Shit

My mother is absolutely disgusted by some of the music I listen to. Eating Glass is definitely no exception. The first time I heard this band I felt as though I was listening to Hour Of The Wolf after they each injected speedballs. These Canadians have the dirtiest guitar tones, the most muddied down bass riffs, and the thrashiest pissed off vocals in the current scheme of things (well at least they did). The ‘Feed Them To The Vultures’ 7 inch came out in 2008 and is still finding its way on my turntable. Not only is the EP extremely well recorded and is dope as shit, it clocks in right under 12 minutes which makes it tolerable for anxious people like myself.

I mean it sucks that these guys broke up, but if you let that deter you from jamming these 8 songs then you’re pretty lame. The EP is still available through High Anxiety 416 Records and the No Idea distro so you have no reason not to, but then again If you’re really that lame and don’t buy vinyl you can still download it here. Canadian Hardcore, eh…

Eating Glass
Song: Amongst The Wolves
Album: Feed Them To The Vultures (2008)

Eating Glass
Song: Feed Them…
Album: Feed Them To The Vultures (2008)

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Contact Yourself
Emo / Punk
Mesa, AZ USA

For Fans Of: I Have Dreams, Neil Perry, …Who Calls So Loud

Listening to ’screamo’ in the purest sense can turn a person inside out. Then again I’m not sure if it is the same for anybody else or I am just an idiot who (poorly) writes about music I can barely play myself. When I listen to that I Have Dreams EP I feel like a newborn baby. There is just something about screamo that puts me in a trance where I either dance like a child or scream at the top of my lungs.

When I listen to Contact Yourself I feel much of the same way. The music might be adolescent or the genius from a punk rock super hero. I don’t know and I don’t really care. When I first heard Contact Yourself I felt like I was 15 years old again, and that feels good as hell.

Contact Yourself
Song: Spooning With Strangers
Album: Contact Yourself (2009)

Contact Yourself
Song: Just Last Tuesday
Album: Contact Yourself (2009)

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Thou
Sludge/Doom/Metal
Baton Rogue / New Orleans, LA USA

For Fans Of: Eyehategod, Buried at Sea, Noothgrush

I don’t think a lot of people understand that you sometimes have to be patient with music. If all anybody ever had to listen to was Magrudergrind’s ‘62 Trax of Thrash’, we would not be a very happy being. That being said I give you Thou. These guys have written some of the most gloomy doom ridden metal I have ever heard, yet they still keep a sense of melody in their music. It’s almost as if a more virtuosic Eyehategod had love child with Coph Nia.

One great thing about Thou is their willingness to share their music. If you enjoy the two songs on the Rising Fist audio player, feel free to check out their website which is linked at the bottom of this page. They have their discography up there for download.

And for all of you Phoenicians – keep your eyes peeled. Thou and Moloch from the UK will be doing a full US tour this summer. The two bands will be stopping in Arizona for a matinee show in Mid June!

Thou
Song: Fucking Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
Album: Tyrant (2007)

Thou
Song: The Bleeding Genitals of Every Rapist Hang Bleeding From These Trees
Album: Malfeasance / Retribution (2008)

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Hickey
Punk/Punk/Punk
San Francisco, CA USA

For Fans Of: Voodoo Glow Skulls, Fuckboyz

And God said ‘let there be Hickey.’ And God saw that it was good.

I don’t know what to say about this band other than I can not and will never get enough of them. There is no record so perfectly put together than the S/T that came from Hickey. Every tempo change, sample, the dynamics, everything about this record is perfectly executed… even the 24 minute doom symphony. If you haven’t heard it I strongly encourage you to buy it or feel free to download it at the Cosmic Hearse.

Hickey
Song: War Of The Super Egos
Album: Hickey

Hickey
Song: Her Prosthetic Hand
Album: Hickey

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With All Sincerity
Punk/Metal/Hardcore
San Antonio, TX USA

For Fans Of: Converge, Heartscarved, As I Lay Dying

Before Job For a Cowboy influenced 12 year olds to start playing mosh metalcore and after the 1990s era of Unbroken, Chokehold, Disembodied type hardcore there were bands like With All Sincerity. I was a young teenager who was easily impressed with hardcore bands when “The Age Where Nothing Fits” came out on Pluto Records. Of course hardcore bands will come and go and there will always be some bands that don’t remain as timeless as others.

In my opinion With All Sincerity is one of those bands that never gained the following that they should have. Several full U.S. tours happened before and after the release of their only full length record. I am happy enough to know that I saw them whenever it was possible, but being one of the most under appreciated bands of the genre it upsets me to know that many people won’t experience what I have. “The Age Where Nothing Fits” is the best of its time. Featuring everything from gritty blast beats, to standard forbidden beat punk rock riffage, and heavy breakdowns. This album is one I could listen to over and over again.

With All Sincerity
Song: Notes Listen Well
Album: The Age Where Nothing Fits (2003)

With All Sincerity
Song: Dark Nights Black Hearts
Album: The Age Where Nothing Fits (2003)

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Cherubs
Noise/Punk/Rock
Austin, TX USA

For Fans Of: Lightning Bolt, Unwound, Steel Pole Bathtub

The very first time I had heard the 1994 record entitled ‘Heroin Man’ from Austin based band, Cherubs, was probably a good 4 years ago. Do you know that feeling when you see something so utterly disgusting and you are so disturbed with your own eyes you feel the need to stop looking, but for some reason you have to keep staring and staring no matter how hard you try not to? I feel like listening to this record is the same thing to me and might as well as be for others.

The album flows without much ease from mid tempo noise rock anthems to the droning abyss of fragrant noise and dependency. Don’t forget the child like moan of some grown ass man making it almost unbearable. If any band is good at being god awful, it is Cherubs.

Cherubs
Song: Stag Party
Album: Heroin Man (1994)

Cherubs
Song: Wornout Balls
Album: Heroin Man (1994)

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Converge
Hardcore/Punk/Metal
Boston, MA USA

For Fans Of: Rorschach, Botch, Hope Conspiracy

I picked this up last week from Eastside records and I must say this may be my favorite Converge record since Jane Doe!

It’s also worth mentioning that these guys are on tour right now with Mastodon and High On Fire so if you have the extra dough to spend this should be an amazing show. Stream a couple tunes below.

Converge
Song: Axe To Fall
Album: Axe To Fall (2009)

Converge
Song: Worms Will Feed
Album: Axe To Fall (2009)

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Drug Wars
Punk/Post-Hardcore/Rock
San Diego, CA USA

For Fans Of: Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Unwound

Cool band from San Diego, playing some cool tunes!

Stream a couple tunes or download a few songs here!

Drug Wars
Song: Nine
Album: 9846 (2009)

Drug Wars
Song: Fourty Six
Album: 9846 (2009)

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