BEYOND POSSESSION.

Absoluteley stellar fucking old-school thrashcore.
These guys could shred like few in the genre could back in the day, and this record still gets played ALOT around these parts...

LINKS -
Metal Archives.
B.P. @ Punk History Canada.

D/L Beyond Possession - Is Beyond Possession right here.



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Now playing: The Effigies - Coarse In Vain

TRAP THEM.

If ever there was a band that could harness (and unleash) the critical elements of great bands like Entombed, Negative Approach & Converge - well then - Trap Them would be that band.

(Been obsessed with this for the last few weeks, can't wait to hear the new EP due out today)...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Trap Them - Sleepwell Deconstructor right here.




Now playing:
16 - Seeds And Stems
via FoxyTunes

BATHTUB SHITTER.

Don't let the name fool you.
These guys have been laying down some serious grind for quite a few years now. They are a blast live, funny as hell dudes who can really punish with their shit-jam stylings.

WTF!?!

D/L Bathtub Shitter - Dance Hall Grind right here.




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Now playing: Mörser - Sonic Doors
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Roky Erickson - True Love Ways

MELVINS.

Wicked awesome recording of the very first lineup; even predates Crover behind the kit.
Awesome stuff right here, pal...



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Melvins - Mangled Demos from 1983



* Re-Upped: 11.22.2009*

KATHY MCGINTY.

One of the funniest (and saddest - in the case of most of the callers on here) prank call collections ever recorded. Erdman rules.

*Re-upped 11.07.2008*



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Kathy Mcginty - Kathy Mcginty




Now playing: Festering Rinyanyons - Smokin'
via FoxyTunes

FANG.

Seriously, folks...
Easily one of the GREATEST American hardcore bands there ever was.

My ex-wife was so enamored with the Landshark LP I had on my mantle that she ended up marrying me.

They disbanded for a few years there, but have been back in action for some time now, but like most OG hardcore bands, I have no interest in listening to, or seeing them live.
This collection definitely stands the the test of time though, that's for sure.



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Fang - Landshark / Where the Wild Things Are

* Re-Upped: 03.14.2009*



Now playing: Scatha - blinded by sight
via FoxyTunes

NIHILIST.

If I have to explain who these cats are WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE???

LINKS -
Metal Archives.

D/L Nihilist - 1987-1989 right here.



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Now playing: Scatha - prognostication
via FoxyTunes

BOTTLES & SKULLS.

Once upon a time a few years back, a couple of drunken weirdos from Florida moved to S.F. and started a raucous punk band. They quickly laid waste to a scene saturated with sissy haircut jerkoffs.
Some nights they sucked onstage, while on other nights they fucking KILLED everything in sight - especially the booze - but alas, shit this caustic is never meant to last.

I miss these guys; at times they conjured up some serious "Poison Idea-esque" moments - Believe me when I tell you that...



Bottles and Skulls - Amped the Fuck Up

Link in comments.

* Re-Upped: 08.08.2010*

LÄRM.

Dutch HC/Grind GODS who could be called the world's first (straight edge) Powerviolence band.
These guys never let me down, and - as an American - the Dutch vocals make absolute sense to me (does that make sense?)
Anyways, it's not like I have to explain who these guys are, especially if you are a regular visitor to L-RV.
Good shit...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Larm - Extreme Noise right here.



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Now playing: Lack of Interest - Impeached
via FoxyTunes

PHOBIA.

For over 15 years now Phobia has been destroying eardrums with their brand of grindcore that somehow (after what seems like a million releases) never gets stale or repetitive.
Definitely masters of the genre, I hope they never go away...



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Phobia - Destroying the Masses

*Re-upped 08.25.08*

MODERN LIFE IS WAR.

I can't stop listening to this ...

Intensely personal, powerful yet melodic, passionate yet not falling into that whole emo-pussy/pop-thing.
Great storytelling/songwriting without falling back on the usual HC formula.

All this from a bunch of dudes in the middle of nowheresville, Iowa.

Really awesome stuff that is available NOW, so I suggest you buy it. NOW!

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Modern Life Is War - Midnight In America right here.

BL'AST!

Here's a little something I found whilst trolling the 'webernet a while back that I just had to share with you...

Bl'ast! got tagged with the "Black Flag Jr." title early on via Thrasher Magazine, and while at times they certainly did fit that description - is that a BAD thing, really? - they did venture off into their own brand of chaotic power more often than not.
These guys eventually splintered, but here you have the roots of Spaceboy and Gargantula, whom I posted last month. .
Eventually I'll get around to posting some Spaceboy for you, but in the meantime check out this rare recording from some real Nor-Cal HC legends.

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L BL'ast - The Boner Sessions right here.
*Re-upped as of 01.08.08*



(Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but that "thing" known as "real life" has been getting in the way as of late.
It's all good stuff, but I like to post two bands a day, & that hasn't been happening. I like to keep you guys well-stocked (and to keep L-RV as a daily stop for you).
I'll try my best, and as always, if the recordings are available BUY IT FROM AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE (or the band) as purchasing from Amazon.com ain't about "supporting the scene"!
And if you download, at least just make up a name or something and LEAVE A COMMENT.
I like to know what you guys all think, etc.
Always appreciated... thanks).

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Now playing: Bleeding Kansas - The Thought Escapes Me

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Now playing: Snake Nation - Monstrosity

HAMMERHEAD.

Probably my favorite AmRep band, these guys put out a few good records that I can still listen any day of the week.
While I am also a big fan of the first album, it was this one that I played day after day after day for a long time; more so than the rest.
After (highly underrated) guitarist Paul Sanders left the band, I gave up on these guys.
Vaz never did shit for me either.
This record is heavy and melodic and brooding and rockin'.

Where the fuck are you, Paul Sanders?

D/L Hammerhead - Into The Vortex right here.




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Now playing: Rudimentary Peni - Teenage Time Killer
via FoxyTunes

DEBRIS INC.

Some of the "dirtiest players in the game" make up the brutal wall of mud known as Debris Inc. Filthy heavy doom punk that'll make you laugh your ass off at times.
Someday, you'll wish you owned this one "back in the day" so grab it now...

LINKS -
Official Website.
Metal Archives.

D/L Debris, Inc. right here.



Now playing:
Electric Wizard - Saturnine
via FoxyTunes

FROSTMOON ECLIPSE.

Kick-ass Italian Black Metal band that isn't guilty of trying too hard with "the look" or "the attitude" that so many in "the scene" are...

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Frostmoon Eclipse - Death Is Coming right here.



Now playing:
Die Kreuzen - Think For Me
via FoxyTunes

BAD BRAINS.

Best (and earliest recorded) document of one of the greatest hardcore bands ever.

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Bad Brains - Black Dots right here.



Now playing:
Heroin - Destination
via FoxyTunes

LO-RES VISCERA IS OFF.

For the weekend.
No new posts until Sunday night...

Now playing:
Black Flag - Jealous Again
via FoxyTunes

VENOMOUS CONCEPT.

A hardcore/grind "supergroup" of sorts, VC plays some brutal "outlaw punk" for you - enjoy this live set (which I believe is from their ONLY live appearance)?

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.
Metal Archives.

D/L Venomous Concept - Live 02.13.2004 @ Double Door, Chicago IL , right here.



Now playing:
Articles Of Faith - Belfast
via FoxyTunes

FAXED HEAD.

Easily in my top three as far as S.F. bands go (that fluctuates daily), these Coalinga natives played a rather abrasive blend of (at times) melodic death/noise-metal.
Live is where these guys shined for sure, and it ain't really been the same around the S.F. "scene" as far as live shows go - not in a long time.

These guys raised the fuckin' bar - maybe too high for even themselves to surpass?



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Faxed Head - Chiropractic

* Re-Upped: 04.27.2009*



Now playing:
Ruin... - Rule Worshipper
via FoxyTunes

SUPLECS.

Why these guys never got bigger is beyond me, but maybe it has something to do with the (other) bands these guys are players in? Anyways, the record is a gem to me - even if they do cover the fucking Beatles...

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Suplecs - Sad Songs... Better Days right here.



Now playing:
Cro-Mags - Other Side Of Madness
via FoxyTunes

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

TAD.

Been diggin' this one alot lately (again)...
Funny story about this CD; it's the first CD I actually owned, and Tad himself gave it to me personally. I still have it, and here's a rip from it for you - enjoy!

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Tad - Salt Lick/God's Balls right here.



Now playing:
Swarrrm - Amnesia
via FoxyTunes

P.H.O.B.O.S.

Great one-manFrench industrial doom.
Slow and heavy, lurching and cold.
Yeah, it's real good (and deserves a good listen).

LINKS -
Official Website.
Metal Archives.

D/L P.H.O.B.O.S. - Tectonics right here.




Now playing:
High On Fire - Return to NOD
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: High On Fire - Return to NOD
via FoxyTunes

THOUGHTS OF IONESCO.

Man, the Detroit music "scene" could sure use another band like these guys after the embarassment that cock-smokers like Big Chief, Eminem, I.C.P., Kid Rock & the White Stripes have made of the history of Motor City music, that's for sure.

Underrated and under-appreciated powerful emotive hardcore (without being pussies and minus the haircuts/eyeliner/womens' jeans)...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Thoughts of Ionesco - The Scar Is Our Watermark right here.



Now playing:
Two Dead Sluts - One Good Fuck - nailing the boss daughter and collecting unemployment
via FoxyTunes