Raw Nerve's demo tape = 10 tracks of angry, angry, angry, distorted hardcore. Awesome speed and some great, unpretentious lyrics. Everything that's good about hardcore punk. They're with Youth Attack now and will have an LP out pretty soon.
Acid Witch play heavy, psych-tinged doom with growled vocals and some death metal-style riffing littered around. There is a real 80/90s-horror-movie feel to the record and some of the intros & interludes sound as though they could be lifted straight out of a movie soundtrack (listen to the first half of Cauldron Cave or Realm of The Wicked). Unfortunately their take on 'classic horror' winds up cheesy and very lighthearted. I've been listening to this on repeat today. Check it out.
One of my all-time favourite records. It was listed on a forum amongst "recent bands that are as good as 90s emo bands" not long ago. I don't think there is a better description for this than that. Fantastic, grossly underrated record from a fantastic, grossly underrated band. If you don't have this, you're an absolute poser.
Convulse were a short-lived old school death metal band from Finland active in the early 90s. Their sound differed from the punk-influenced, treble-driven sound of other Scandinavian DM bands at the time and they had a more American sound. They only released two albums, this being their debut, and got next-to-no attention. A lot of people, myself included, are jumping on the boat way late via the internet though. This record is an absolute must-have in my opinion.
Captain Planet come straight outta Hamburg and play catchy and grungey punk rock with a 'post-emo' feel. This is the first demo they released back in 2003. They recently agreed to be on the comp that me and Lindsay are putting out, which I'm ultra-stoked about! Check check check check check this band out!
Bone Awl are to black metal what Graf Orlock are to grindcore: not true to the genre and easily accessible to hardcore kids~~
