VIRULENCE.

Sweet anthology of live / rare / out-of-print / hard-to-find / never released tracks of these Orange County hardcores who eventually (de)volved in the overrated/over-hyped mess that is Fu Manchu.
While I expect none of you to agree w/ me about Fu Manchu, the fact remains that Virulence was an interesting band in a far more interesting scene than the "desert rock" vibe. Enjoy this one, educate yourself on some long-lost O.C.H.C.

(Props to that trendy label that put this out. Best record they have released in a LONG time - especially one that doesn't involve the label "heads" as part of the "band")...



Virulence - If This isn't A Dream… 1985-1989

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THE STATE OF IT ALL...

I realize it's been awhile since I last posted, but I just got a new computer, been working OT all this past week, & on top of it all I've been mulling over thoughts of putting the L-R V to bed for good, but w/ all the great comments lately, I just can't do it - I've put too much into it just to hit the delete button…

I am contemplating another design change SOON, so while the updates may be slow for a bit, I'm not gone, just recharging for the latest campaign - L-R V: Year III.

Thanks for your patronage & patience (as always).

REGURGITATE.

Wonderfully-sickening gore-grind from some a Swedish crew that are some of the most important players in the game, this here hard-to-find-but-crucial-as-fuck (CD-R only) release gathers up their recorded output from a multitude of split releases they belched forth from 1991-2002 - I think - for a total of 78 brain-rattling tracks.

Gurgly gut-churning vocals, grindy-blurr riffs w/ a smidge of melody here & there, backed with a franticly blasting backline makes this collection a keeper...



Regurgitate - Easy Swallowin' Bloody Gore E-Piece

LINK REMOVED DUE TO D/L LEECH-FAGS VIA PUNKS & SKINS DOT (SUCK MY COCK) COM.

A WORD FROM YOUR ADMINISTRATOR.

While I'm finding less & less time to devote to Lo-Res Viscera, I am also finding the desire to do what I do here waning as of late.
The lack of comments -which I realize is the one thing all bloggers bitch about- versus the amount of download activity is enough to make me seriously think about killing Lo-Res off altogether.

I've been doing this thing long enough to know what sets a good blog apart from "just another blog", and I feel like I may be nearing the end of the road - who knows? The one thing I do know is that there is gonna be some major changes happening around here very soon, and what the future holds around here, well, I'm just not sure...

I am not into "group" blogs that much, I'm not interested in adding people to upload to L-R V, and I'm not really interested in joining someone else's blog - blogs are meant to be personal - and while there is no hardline as to what it is or what I think it should be, the bottom line for L-R V is that unless the level of feedback from you guys out there in internetland speak up, share stories, bitch & moan, praise me or hate me, trade links - whatever, really - I may just pack it in soon w/o warning.

Your honest opinion on the bleak outlook of the future of L-R V is greatly appreciated.

ABNEGATION.

Honestly, there's not much I can tell you about Erie, PA other than it was a railroad hub in the early days and then evolved into a steel-mill town.
Also, it's not too far from Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland or NYC.

This brings us to Abngeation - Erie's hardline sXe crew whose sounds was an amalgamation of all those flavors of the bands from the aforementioned towns.
While they may get lumped in w/ the militant hardline thing, their sound evolved in to one that included many elements of thrash/speed metal, as well as eventually becoming sludgy, dark & heavy.

These guys were unique in delivery, but sadly, they packed it in after five years while the rest of the world is stuck with ear-turds like Earth Crisis & Hatebreed...





Abnegation - Verses of the Bleeding

Link removed 12.10.2010 due to leeching via Punks & Skins.com. At least ask me before you just go ahead & hotlink / cut & paste 100% of my post content, ya fucks...