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Second full length by Blood Incantation, released in 2019. I bought this one from them at the album release show in Denver. Insanely good progressive death metal. This is the album that really broke them through after having a lot of underground buzz coming off of the previous album “Starspawn”. If you like sick riffs and getting high and watching “Ancient Aliens”, this is the fucking band for you! Are you looking for an AWAKENING?

Solidarity with Minneapolis. RIP Alex Pretti.

Side project of Randy Uchida, guitarist for Japan’s infamous GISM. This one was released in 1984, the same year as GISM’s debut “Detestation”. GISM kinda straddled a line between metal and punk, but this one is traditional Maiden-style heavy metal. Two tracks is all ya get and the title track is definitely the better song. RIP RANDY UCHIDA

Top tier death metal from Canada. Got a chance to catch these guys opening for Carcass last year and they blew me away! Easily the best performance of the night. If you in anyway dig old school death metal you need to check this out. Take a trip on down to the ABOMINATED VOID, if you dare!

This one is a mega nostalgia record for me from back when I was I was living in the city in warehouses and throwing diy shows with a bike as my mode of transport. SGP is not a good rapper but his fucking beats are incredible! This is easily the best he’s done. The rest of the stuff is hit or miss, but I’d probably pick up the “BMW” record if I saw it somewhere. BRINGING THV PHXNK

Japanese psychedelic crust punk from 1992. This one features vocalist Crow from Japanese legends, Crow. Really cool psych instrumentals blending into metallic crust punk. An album that needed a reissue forever and finally got one a few years ago. CRUST PUNK IS BEST PUNK

This is the second Business album originally released in 1985. Mine is a reissue from like 10 or so years ago. The Business formed in 1979 and were part of the first wave of the Oi! scene which was a working class offshoot of the 70s UK punk scene. These guys had a great sense of melody in their stuff but still retaining the punk edge of it. They even covered Crass’ “Do They Owe Us A Living?”along with writing a tune proclaiming their punk ties, “Loud Proud And Punk”. I also have an early tracks compilation, their first album “Suburban Rebels”, and third record “Welcome To The Real World”. This bad was super important to teenage me and I can sing along with all the words to all these records. The Business fucking rule. RIP Micky Fitz. PUT IT ALL UP IN YOUR EARHOLES!

Lip Cream was a hardcore punk band from Tokyo. This is the first proper Lip Cream studio album originally released in 1986. All of their albums (and the first self released tape) were finally reissued last year by Relapse records after being out of print forever. So fucking happy to finally own these legendary pieces of Japanese punk history. I walked into my local record store and saw them and knew I had to grab all the stuff. Cost me $160 but well worth it! I had a couple of bootleg presses of some of the stuff so nice to upgrade those to official pressings. If you’ve never heard Lip Cream, I highly recommend them to anyone who loves punk/hardcore. CHECK IT OUT!

Bleak and fucking crushing death doom. Spectral Voice has 3 of the 4 members of Blood Incantation, the lone exception being the drummer. This is their debut full length that was released in 2017. Blood Incantation gets all the hype but I think Spectral is the better band. Denver on top always! If you haven’t heard it, take a trip to THRESHOLDS BEYOND

This one is the fourth Spirit album released in 1970. Psych/prog goodness. Spirit is pretty well known for allegations that Led Zeppelin stole “Stairway To Heaven” from their song “Taurus” off of their first self titled album after opening for them on an American tour in ‘68. I have the first four Spirit records and they’re all really good but I don’t think I’m that interested in anything beyond this record. If you haven’t heard it, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR

1973 greatest hits release by one of the most underrated bands in fucking history (at least where I’m from). If you’ve never heard Slade you’ve probably heard Quiet Riot whose breakthrough hit “Cum On Feel The Noize” was just a worse cover of a Slade song. It worked so well for QR that they tried it again by covering “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”. I will buy any Slade record I come across that I do not already own. Slade fucking rules. LISTEN

Superheroines were part of the first wave L.A. deathrock scene along with Christian Death, 45 Grave and Kommunity FK. They formed in ‘81 and this record came out in ‘82. Notably the band features Eva O who would go on to not only be in Christian Death, but marry lead singer Rozz Williams. This record fucking RULES! A little bit like 45 grave with more of a heavy metal influence and dramatic as fuck vocals. My copy is a 2014 reissue by Cleopatra on Red Vinyl. If you wanna check it out, GO HERE