5.18.2008

IRON LUNG.



Alright, everybody's been asking for it, and it took a bit of sleuthing around the webernet to find it, but I did and here it is.
The latest output from this two-man terror unit that keeps pushing the boundaries of powerviolence to new extremes without being "ironic" like so many of the "scene-grind" powerviolence bands are. Fuck the hipster art-fag bullshit!

These guys are THE REAL DEAL, they've been around for awhile, and they must be doing it right if Nick Blinko does cover art for them, comprende?




Iron Lung - Sexless / No Sex





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Now playing: Black Kronstadt - Paranoid Delusions

HELIOS CREED.



It was hard for me to pick which one of Helios' insanely trippy albums to posts first here at the L-R V, but seeing as how I just got this recently (and for $4.98, no less!) I figure I'd share the bounty with you all.
You pretty much know what you're getting when it comes to Mr. Creed's work, and for me, he can do no wrong. I enjoy each of the 8 solo albums of his that I own pretty much equally. This one - like many of the rest - is full of brooding starkness, trippy riffing, effect-heavy vocal tracks, etc.
Even a straightedge dude like myself can get down with this.

(People should pretty much hang up the term "space rock" - unless you are referring to Helios)...



Helios Creed - Chromagnum Man


5.17.2008

ZYGOTE.



While I wasn't a huge Amebix fan (suprised to hear that, aren't you?), Zygote came next for most of the members of afforementioned band and they fucking kick my ass.
Wish they would have lasted longer than they did.
Amazing fucking album!





Zygote - A Wind of Knives



Now playing: .Nema - Sometimes

5.15.2008

ENGLISH DOGS.



"Where Legend Began" is a record I bought for $3.98 new at some really bad mall record chain store when I was like in 8th. or 9th. grade living in a small town in Mid-Michigan. I'm pretty sure I bought a Devo record and a Ted Nugent that day as well.

This was probably the only "punk rock" record in the store; most likely wasn't supposed to be shipped to that store or something, but I bought it and it was totally NOT what I expected it to sound like. I was thinking something along the lines of G.B.H. or Anti-Nowhere League as to what it might sound like.
All my friends hated it, but I still love it.

Enjoy...







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Now playing: Medication Time - Robocop 3000

HAMMERHEAD.



Here's "Ethereal Killer", the greatly underrated first album from one of the best bands to ever come out of Fargo, ND.






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Now playing: Happy Flowers - Let's Eat the Baby (Like My Gerbils Did)