a long and grinding road [Weekly Mixtape 38]

PSYCHONEUROSIS • Unborn Suffer • Violent Opposition • Mass Extinction
The Human Race Is Filth • Ripped To Shreds • Mortify • Crypt Walk • NERVE SAW
Filthy Christians • Shock Narcotic • Scheletro • Choke • THE ARSON PROJECT • Nails
Assück • Human Cull • Herida Profunda • Bayht Lahm • Retortion Terror • Formless Master
Rottenness • SkullShitter • The Body + Full of Hell • Wormrot • False Church • bone tower
WAKE • Brutal Truth • Total Fucking Destruction • Fuck The Facts

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244: Human Cull

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 244 features an interview with Edd Robinson of Human Cull.

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Bandcamp Picks: Cannabis Corpse/Ghoul, Human Cull, Slug Bate, Floods

Tankcrimes started 2014 right with Splatterhash, the long promised Cannabis Corpse / Ghoul split. Cannabis Corpse do what they do best: smoke weed, and play death metal about smoking weed. You don't have to peer far through the pot smoke to see that this would have fit right in back when Tampa Bay was the death metal capital of the world. On their side of the split, Ghoul burst out some classy death/thrash with their typical galloping enthusiasm and even throw out some nifty 70's metal moves. [$3]


It's been almost a year since we last checked in with Brits Human Cull, and they're nowhere close to reeling in their crusty power violence. The Persecuting Society is the musical equivalent of a rusty straight razor left at the park, full of bad intent and potential lawsuits. The six song EP is available as a "name your price" download.



My friend Tuka Shahidi from DoC faves (and early Bandcamp Picks) eyeswithoutaface and Homolka has a new band of grinding nastiness called Slug Bate. Like the Swans/Siege worshipping days of early Napalm, Slug Bate's blasts of noise are as much provocation as they are catharsis. The 8 track demo is available as a free download.



Last year was a big year for hardcore bands who love Swedish death metal, with Nails and All Pigs Must Die getting lots of love from fans and critics alike. Along those lines are New England's Floods, with their first EP Day Of The Dead. Imagine Wolverine Blues all beefed up on TRT and beatdown hardcore. Nicke and Uffe would be proud/scared. The four song EP is available as a "name your price" download.

Bandcamp [Mini] Picks: Pretty Mouth, Homolka, Human Cull, Total Combined Weight

...a special mini-edition of Bandcamp Picks, where I talk about some shorter releases that stood out to me, but didn't fit in with the regular column for one reason or another.

First up, Apotheosis, the new single from my Canadian BFFs Pretty Mouth, features two new songs ("Apotheosis" and "The Joke") as well as live versions of those same songs. Since this is Pretty Mouth, you can expect some angry, discordant hardcore that's busting at the seams with noise and vitriol, and not be disappointed. The live versions feel a little tacked on, but are a nice indication of what you're in for should you find yourself in front of these guys. Another great release from what's quickly becoming my favourite hardcore band. The four track EP is available as a "name your price" download.



Similarly, Toronto's Homolka (containing members of DoC faves eyeswithoutaface) channel their rage into noise and vice versa. Their latest release is a split cassette, and a good introduction to their political, in-joke heavy, power violence/grind. Between Pretty Mouth, eyeswithoutaface, Homolka and the Blind Surgeons Operation, it would appear the Kids in the Hall have misled me about Canadians.



On the other side of the cassette, the UK's Human Cull contribute one long song titled "Cities Become Graves." Despite their stated interest in "Blastbeats & Blastbeats & Blastbeats & Blastbeats," the majority of the 13 minute track is spent punishing the listener with the same three chords in an extended doom section. And let's face it, in the world of grind, there isn't a better pairing with the extremely fast than the extremely slow. The split isn't available as a stand-alone download purchase, but a digital download is included when you purchase the cassette, which is available through Goatprayer records for ₤3 plus shipping (or $4.58 plus shipping, according to Paypal). It's extremely limited (25 copies according to Bandcamp), so if you're interested you better dive on it now.



I've mentioned The Co-Main Event podcast before on this blog, mostly to make up for how much I rip off CME's Ben Fowlkes. But as much as I enjoy the podcast, it never really made any sense to keep plugging it on this blog, since it's about mixed martial arts and only of tangential interest to heavy music fans. So imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered that Fowlkes' co-host, MMA writer Chad Dundas, is in a hardcore band called Total Combined Weight. There's only one track on their Bandcamp page, and it's not for download or purchase; but it is pretty fucking sweet. Gargantuan, even. You can tell these guys grew up loving Ian Mackaye; this easily could have been on a Dischord compilation back in the day (maybe it's not surprising that Total Combined Weight do lots of Minor Threat covers). No idea what form this release is going to take or how to purchase it; their Bandcamp page is pretty barebones, and their Facebook page isn't much better. But if Total Combined Weight put out a full release, rest assured DoC will be all over it.


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