LP

	Ancient Sky "Ancient Sky" LP $8.00 Released by Perpetual Motion Machine, from the label: This is the first official release for Brooklyn-based, Virginia-natives ANCIENT SKY. Consisting of two pairs of close childhood friends with intertwining musical pasts, the group features current and former members of DARKEST HOUR, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, MAJORITY RULE, GHASTLY CITY SLEEP, VERSE EN COMA and YOU ARE THE DRUM, though they tread very different waters with ANCIENT SKY. Largely influenced by classic psychedelic rock, the band isn't afraid to visit bizarre and far-out worlds with unique sounds and structures that walk the line between fierce and subtle, and occasionally flirt with epic-ness, making for an interesting mix of heavy, hypnotic rock with plenty of hooks and Americana influences. This 7-song collection of songs was laid to tape at Brooklyn's Seaside Lounge Studios in March 2009 with producer/engineer Mike Kutchman at the helm and was mastered by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering. The record comes packaged in a full color jacket with a printed inner sleeve and full color labels with artwork by Garek Druss. Listen: Myspace
	Black Freighter "Graves and Monuments" LP $13.00 Released by Vendetta Records. Blurb from the label: "Black freighter's sound is dirty ; downtuned guitars , lots of feedback ; brutal and aggressive vocals ; you can hear influences from eye hate god to godflesh to coalesce and his hero is gone ; a perfect mix of sludge / industrial / hardcore" Listen: Myspace.
	Call Me Lightning "Soft Skeletons" LP $8.00 From the label: Soft Skeletons is the sophomore album from Milwaukee's Call Me Lightning, blending spastic guitars with driving no wave rhythms. Call Me Lightning's sound brings together the more frantic moments of The Talking Heads' early days with the freak-out riffs and wild vocal style of The Jesus Lizard. Throw in some lyric styling reminicent of The Minutemen and you have a powerful combination. Recorded by Greg Norman. First pressing limited to 520 copies on clear/blue ghosted vinyl with beautiful full color jackets. CD version available from French Kiss Records. Listen: "Billion Eyes" MP3. THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
	The Catalyst "Swallow Your Teeth" LP $9.00 Released by Perpetual Motion Machine, from the label: After seven long years, numerous mind-bending demos, eps, and splits, and a litany of tours criss-crossing the United States and Europe, Richmond, Virginia’s best kept secret THE CATALYST offer up their first full length album, Swallow Your Teeth, a noisy, mathy, spacey, heavy, feedback-soaked behemoth of sonic destruction. Still channeling a wide range of hardcore, punk, grunge, noise rock, and sludge influences and not afraid to show their love for NIRVANA, FUGAZI, SONIC YOUTH, THE JESUS LIZARD, BORN AGAINST and most of the AMPHETAMINE REPTILE back catalog, Swallow Your Teeth displays the band’s creative prowess and power fully matured and realized. Swallow Your Teeth was recorded and mixed in May 2009 by Steve Roche (Off Minor) and mastered by Carl Saff (Young Widows). Painter and friend Raymond Klecker, who did the artwork for the band’s Marianas Trench EP, created cover artwork for the album.. Listen: Myspace
	Chicago Thrash Ensemble Untitled 12" One-sided EP w/B-side Screen print $7.00 Released by Plastic Airlines. Fantastic, fast, pissed grinding brutality from Chicago. Excellent screen print on the blank b-side of the LP + Screen printed heavy duty jackets. So good. Blurb from the label: 7 brand new ragers from the Chicago Thrash Ensemble. 6 originals and a cover of "Motor Man" by The Fighters. 300 copes. Listen: "I Thought You Was Layin".
	Decibully "World Travels Fast" 2LP+CD $18.00 The long recorded and unreleased album from Decibully now finally sees the light of day via their own label, Listening Party Records. World Travels Fast has the same lush instrumentation and dreamy production, but sees the band maturing in their sound and songwriting. Great stuff! Screen printed jacket, CD, sticker, button... it's a party indeed! Listen: Myspace
	East of the Wall/Year of No Light/Rosetta Split 2LP $20.00 Released on vinyl by Vega Vinyl. Three atmospheric and experimental heavy bands team up for an outrageous split. Packaging looks great on this! Listen: East of the Wall Myspace, Rosetta Myspace, Year of no Light Myspace.
	Elder "Reflect" LP+CD $10.00 From the label: Following their critically acclaimed 3 song self-titled 10" introduction, Philadelphia's ELDER (featuring members of Philly stalwarts Towers and Balboa) branches out and expands upon the thoughts and ideas that brought them together. Reflect exhibits a culmination of hard work and determination and a retrospective look at the world through the band members' eyes. Described by listeners as encompassing a strong early 90Õs indie / screamo sound, ELDER pull their influences from all areas to create music for themselves and lyrics and ideals that are socially and politically aware. Each song and lyric expresses the band's understanding and viewpoint on their lives and expands upon the limitations of what life brings them and what life still has in store for each and every one of us. The LP is limited to 319 copies on gold/black vinyl (made in the USA) and includes a full artwork copy of the CD.
	Father Phoenix "Large Bodies" LP+CD $9.00 Released by Forge Again Records. From the label: Some words pinpoint a band's sound perfectly. One such word is 'loud' and one such band is FATHER PHOENIX. Sonically blasting a hard edge of rock into the audio wall of their listeners' ears, the band recently added an organ to fill things out and add an even more intense element of psychedelia to their new material. Adding to the already existent barrage of Sabbath/Deep Purple-esque rock, FATHER PHOENIX's new sound is intensely mesmerizing. Features former members of Call Me Lightning, Temper Temper, and Insidious. The LP is limited to just 300 copies on clear vinyl and features a silk-screened B-side. The LP also comes with a full color jacket as well as a full artwork copy of the CD version as well. THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
	Fell Voices "Fell Voices" LP $10.00 Quite the hidden gem here from these California bay-area black metallers. The label (Human Resources) got in touch with me for a trade and I was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. These guys will be doing some CA tour dates with Thou in June, so don't miss out. Jam some songs and pick this guy up! According to the label this record goes "far beyond black metal", I would tend to agree. 180 gram. Listen: Myspace
	Get Rad "What the Fuck Happened to Common Sense" 12" $9.00 Blue vinyl/one-sided 12". Released by Underground Communique records. From the label: A 9 song one sided LP/EP from Milwaukee/Minneapolis's Get Rad called "What the Fuck Happened to Common Sense" Recorded with Shane from Call Me Lightning at Howl Street Studios. The band brings what I believe as their best recorded material to date, a recording finally matching the power of seeing the band live... though Shane warned me that the upcoming second full LP on Hypperrealist/Gilead Media might be better than this...time will tell...well time and hearing the other songs. Originally 3 of these songs were going to go on the Sweet Cobra split 7" but that idea is sidelined right now until Sweet Cobra finishes writing new songs. That split will definitely still happen, just not yet...so we decided to combine the whole recording session into one EP instead and solve the problem of having songs for a split and a separate 7" but no split band and no one to release a separate 7". One dollar from this record will be donated to the Grind For Life Charity (http://www.grindforlife.org) in Memoriam of our friend Mat Arluck from the band Sweet Cobra who recently passed away. Listen: Myspace
	Ghostlimb "Bearing & Distance" Gatefold LP $10.00 Released by Adagio830, from the label: Ghostlimb is a three-piece from southern California formed in 2006. Presenting ridiculously pissed hardcore with elements of melody, thrash, and general poor disposition, Ghostlimb compile all the rage a minute long song can handle with sprinklings of social critique and dissatisfied sarcasm. In mid-2008, their second full length, ÒBearing and DistanceÓ was released, promising to clock in near the choice twenty minute mark, and riddled with succinct aesthetics of the fast, heavy, and tolerably informed. This follows the release of a self-titled full-length in 2007 Listen: Myspace.
	Giants "Old Stories" LP $14.00 Released by Cavity Records. Beautiful and atmospheric instrumental rock. Listen: Myspace
	Giant Squid "The Ichthyologist" Gatefold 2LP $22.00 Released on vinyl by Vega Vinyl. Blurb from the CD label, The End records: From one's lowest moments, the greatest adventures can begin, and true freedom can be discovered. Such is the journey that The Ichthyologist, sophomore release from Giant Squid, takes listeners on from its first pounding, other worldly crescendo to the final sweet release at its conclusion. Based on a yet to be released graphic novel of the same name, written by Giant Squid founding member, Aaron Gregory, The Ichthyologist is a concept album of grand scale. Through the thoughts of the album's protagonists, a man stripped of his humanity and left with nothing but the sea in front of him, comes a story about adapting in inhuman ways to survive the shock of human loss and total emotional tragedy, becoming something else entirely in the process. Listen: Mypace.
	Graf Orlock "Destination Time: Today" Gatefold LP $12.00 Released by Vitriol Records, From the label: Destination Time Today is the third installment of Graf OrlockÕs chronology bending cinema-grind trilogy begun in 2006 and 2007. This new testament to nebulous ideas and bodily harm surveys such time honored themes as presidential assassination, robotic domination, and the pitfalls of pre-historic survival. Aesthetically, Destination Time Today continues a barrage of thrash and incomprehensible anger, while interweaving a filthy compliment of slow and grating depression, all within a two minute framework of ill- imagined social commentary. Listen: Myspace THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
	Graf Orlock/Greyskull Split Backpack LP $8.00 Released by Dood Records, From the label: Recorded an intense and painfully long time ago, this record documents a series of poor decisions and a lack of overall good judgment. This contains 8 songs of Total Recall influenced cinema-grind from feeling-hurters Graf Orlock, and some songs from Tacoma's own reigning princes of all that never was, Greyskull.. Listen: Myspace
	Herds "Herds" LP $10.50 Released by Fashionable Idiots Records. Outstanding fast & pissed hardcore from members of Get Rad, Charles Bronson, High on Crime etc. Screen printed cover & includes digital download code. Listen: Myspace
	Highgate "Shrines to the Warhead" LP $13.00 Released by Vendetta records. Limited to 300 copies, hand numbered and all on black vinyl. Blurb from the label: Highgate, a Kentucky trio play nasty sludge in the vein of Burning Witch, Toadliquor, Grief, Noothgrush, Winter, Wreck of the Hesperus and Corrupted. Seriously, if you’ve been having recent talks on the suicide hotline and consider yourself a personal danger whenever you are around sharp objects…I highly recommend not listening to this. This record is up there in the top five of the all time most disgusting, horrifying doom/sludge releases ever…well, released! Highgate play evil, straight from fucking hell sludge/doom that is as easily anguished and bile-filled as anything that ever came down the pike…classics like Burning Witch, Toadliquor and Winter all included. Listen: Myspace.
	Kowloon Walled City "Gambling on the Richter Scale" LP+CD $10.00 Released by Perpetual Motion Machine, from the label: On Gambling on the Richter Scale, their first full-length, San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City add a touch of finesse to the grinding pummel introduced on last year’s Turk Street EP, which drew comparisons to Neurosis, The Melvins and other low-end explorers, from the ‘90s AmRep roster to the current crop of sludgecore contenders. These eight new crushing tracks unleash a barrage of noisy, down-tuned hardcore and sludge. Limited to 500 copies. Listen: Myspace THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
	Litany for the Whale "Dolores" 12" $7.00 Released by Perpetual Motion Machine, from the label: On their debut EP, Dolores, this four-piece exploit a gruffer take on heavy music, surrounding it with wailing feedback, darkened ambiance, and harmonious melodies. The end result is a chaotic and complex mix of hardcore, punk and metal elements, soaked with devastating levels of distortion, bass, and layered vocals. Their 23+ minute, 7-song EP was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, CA by Eric Leavell, with mastering handled by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL. The record comes packaged in heavy, black and white jackets with beautiful artwork created by Chris Taylor (Pg99, Pygmy Lush) and a lyric sheet; all copies on colored vinyl. Listen: Myspace THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
	Masakari "The Profit Feeds" Gatefold LP $12.00 Released by my fellow Wisconsinite, Halo of Flies Records. Blurb from the label: This band is amazing and this first full-length of theirs is relentless, unhinged, chaotic crust! Somewhat in the vein of His Hero is Gone, Tragedy and From Ashes Rise, but with a very distinct and brutal edge, Masakari fuses their apocalyptic crust with the raging power of Discharge/Disfear D-beat and the hard-edged Japanese punk stylings of G.I.S.M., with a smattering of blast-beat driven grindcore to drive it all home. The “Prophet Feeds” was engineered by Bill Korecky (Incantation, Keelhaul, Integrity) and recorded at Mars Studio in Cleveland. Listen: Myspace
	The Mercury Program "Chez Viking" LP+Download $12.00 Released by Lovitt Records. Beautiful and lush instrumental jams that sooth the soul after a long day. Lots of chill effects & delay/fretboardery. Listen & love it: Myspace
	North "Ruins" LP+CD $11.50 Released by Cavity Records, from the label: Here it is finally available for ya! Ruins on a rad LP/CD combo and will not be around for too long. First pressing is limited to 318 on clear with white haze and 200(ish) yellow/black planets which will not be made available until early December. Don't miss out on these!. Listen: Myspace
	Northless "No Quarter for the Damaged" LP+CD $11.50 Released by Halo of Flies records. Outstanding, sludgy metal/doomage with a whole lot of melody. These are out of print from the label and I only have a couple left, hurry up! Listen: Myspace THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
	Paulson "All At Once" Gatefold 2LP $12.00 Released by Cavity Records. From the label: At last, Paulson's "All at Once" on a gatefold 2xLP. This record was released by Cavity Records and OneDay Savior Recordings and limited to 1,046 copies on three colors (546 Red/350 Blue Splatter/150 Black Haze). Listen: Myspace
	Thou/The City is the Tower Split 12" $12.50 Releasing by Init Records (layout by Gilead Media). From the label: Another release from the unstoppable New Orleans metal band THOU. THOU does two songs - one new song and an AGENTS OF OBLIVION cover. Fellow Louisianians THE CITY IS THE TOWER serve up three catchy songs of screamy yet melodic hardcore on the flipside. Comes packaged in reverse-board jackets with heavy reverse-board printed inner sleeves.
	Thou "Baton Rouge, You Have Much to Answer For" Gatefold 12" $13.00 *RED VINYL ONLY* Released by Robotic Empire. Blurb from the label: Easily one of the most exciting modern sludge/doom bands going, THOU calls Louisiana home and have channeled lifetimes of depression & decay as the inspiration for "Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For." Scathing commentary laid down by hateful blackened vocals is merged with some of the most crushing riffs conceived in ages. Incredibly deep tones and bludgeoning drumming are combined with a surprising amount of melody and years of honed songcraft to create a powerfully heavy release. Two pummeling tracks over 15 minutes span the A-side, while the B-side of equal length finds an instrumental drone piece along with a spectacular NIRVANA cover that puts a completely crushing take on the "Bleach"-era tune, ’Sifting.’ Comes in a gatefold jacket and on red vinyl limited to 800. Listen: Thou Website.
	Thou/Leech "We Pass Like Night, From Land to Land" EURO EDITION Split LP $17.00 The European edition released by Vendetta records. This version includes a single sleeve jacket with printed inner sleeve and poster. All copies on white vinyl. The jacket also has different photos for the "swamp" and "cascadia" sides of the art. Listen: Thou Website.
	Thou "Tyrant" LP $12.00 Released by Southern Lord Records. The official repress of Thou's first groundbreaking LP is finally available. There's no limit to what these guys can accomplish and this is where it all started. Listen: Thou Website
	Thou "Peasant" Gatefold LP $12.00 Released by Level Plane Records. Their second full length available as a gatefold LP with minimalist artwork. Super melodic sludge that I feel is a bit different from their more "Thou" sound. This is the last of these, won't be restocked! Listen: Thou Website THIS ITEM IS SOLD OUT
	Thou/Mohoram Atta "Degredation of Human Life" Split LP $11.00 Released by Halo of Flies Records. One of my favorite records from 2009, Thou bring the sludging doom and Mohoram Atta deliver their own brand of very sloooow and heavy doom. An amazing split. Listen: Thou Website Mohoram Atta Myspace
	Thou/Moloch "Tears That Soak a Callous Heart" Split LP $11.00 Released by Perpetial Motion Machine Records. The long-awaited pairing of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's THOU with Nottingham, UK's MOLOCH. Thou offer up two epic new songs of crushing sludge/doom with hints of melody while Moloch drop three down-trodden new songs of heavy and hateful sludge. Packaged in a heavyweight black & white jacket and heavy weight printed inner jacket, both with reverse board printing, with all copies on clear vinyl, limited to 1000. Listen: Thou Website Moloch Myspace
	Thou/Salome "Our Enemy Civilization" Split LP $14.00 Released by Vendetta Records. The great splits just don't quit. Beautiful red & black packaging here, printed inner sleeve. Glroious record. Also, Salome have a new record coming out on Profound Lore, cool! Listen: Thou Website Salome Myspace
	Various Artists "Clone" Vol II Compilation LP $25.00 Released by Blind Date Records in Europe. From the label: *Moloch - lighnting strikes twice (Rorschach) *On Pain of Death - troops of doom (Sepultura) *Golden Gorilla - absentee debate (Unbroken) *Aguirre - like weeds (His Hero is Gone) *Loss - the fog (Goatlord) *Thou - well fed fuck (Born Against) *Shadow of the Torturer - judgement of the dead (Pagan Altar) *Hey Colossus - institutionalized (Suicidal Tendencies) Facts: 400 copies in 185g black vinyl embossed cover incl. stamped oval diecut full colored 12" sized inlay 12-paged 9"-sized booklet black innersleeve Artwork: scrawled design

7" / 10"

	Algernon Cadwallader "Fun" 7"+CDEP $5.00 Released by Protagonist Music. From the label: The Philly dudes are back, and now you can get their most recent offering of melodic, quirky pop goodness on lovely 7" vinyl. This project contains 3 new songs on the record itself, plus a BONUS additional CDep with 3 more unreleased songs! That's right, a total of 6 new songs that will please the pants right off you if you're into Cap'n Jazz, house-parties, Braid, sing-alongs, and FUN. It even comes with a little coloring book! Listen: Myspace
	Child Bite/This Moment in Black History Split 7" $5.00 Released by Forge Again Records. From the label: CHILD BITEÕs mutation from a three-piece jam-project to its current incarnation as a full-blown five-piece aural assault squad can be likened to the period in history where the dinosaurs were going extinct. See, just as those giant reptiles were forced to grow wings, fins, and other such attributes, CHILD BITE has morphed with each release. THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY is Cleveland's "superstar art project"-- featuring the song writing force behind LA's NEON KING KONG (GSL Records, percussion from THE BASSHOLES (Merge Records), and additional members from THE CHARGERS STREET GANT (Get Hip) and WHATEVER (Dr. Strange). Sounding as if the GANG OF FOUR violently hijacked JAMES BROWN, TMIBH doesn't need to tell you they're at the Rock and Roll club-you know they're already there! This split 7" is the first in a series of three from Child Bite to coincide with their summer 2009 tours. It features beautiful silk-screened covers and matching blue vinyl. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies and includes a download coupon for high bit rate MP3s of both songs. Listen: Child Bite Myspace This Momnent... Myspace
	Elder "Elder" 10"+CDEP $8.00 Released by Forge Again Records. From the label: Consisting of members of underground stalwart Philadelphia acts Balboa and Towers, ELDER extends itself as the melodic undertones of each aforementioned project while creating new and more in-depth musical soundscapes to liven up the current musical climate. Described by listeners as encompassing a strong early 90Õs indie / screamo sound, ELDER pull their influences from all areas to create music for themselves and lyrics and ideals that are socially and politically aware. These three songs encompass a barrage of emotions and topics that move in a forward-thinking motion. The first pressing of this 10" is limited to 400 copies (this is one of 300 w/a black cover) with beautiful silk-screened covers and includes a fan disc CD of the entire EP. Only a handful of copies remain before this bad boy is out of print forever. Listen: Golden Flower MP3 THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

CD / CASSETTE

	Dangers "Anger" CD $5.00 Released by Band, info from Vitriol Records: First full length from this pissed ass band. Features members of every band ever, and has the propensity to be threatened at nearly every show played. A must have for any interpersonal conflict aficionado. Dangers continue turning out the supremely pedestrian genre of punk rock. Listen: Myspace
	Giants "Old Stories" CD $7.00 Released by Cavity Records. Beautiful and atmospheric instrumental rock. Listen: Myspace
	Hewhocorrupts "Discographer" CD $7.00 Released by Forge Again Records. From the label: Finally, all of Hewhocorrupts' out of print splits, EPs, and comp tracks are available on one disc. This disc features the HWC tracks from their splits with Fordirelifesake, Infestation of Ass, Third Degree, Don't Worry About It, Godstomper, Wilbur Cobb, and Tusk, as well as the Master of Profits EP, live tracks, the original Optimus Prime demo, as well as a few unreleased tracks from the Ten Steps to Success session. In addition, this updated repress includes the HWC song from the Ryan Durkin for President 7" comp. Hear Hewhocorrupts as they evolve into the leaders of corporate grindcore. 62 tracks, and a picture of Jaffray's dick on the insid. Listen: Myspace
	Nanda Devi "Fifth Season" CD $7.00 Released by Cavity Records. Sometimes atmospheric, sometimes driving riffage, frequently heavy. Listen: Myspace
	North "What You Were" CD $7.00 Released by Cavity Records. From the label: This is NORTH's first recording with vocalist Kyle Hardy and Peter Ridgeway on keyboards. Recorded with Sam Pura at the Panda Studios in Oakland, CA and features guest vocal spots from Rob Smith of Heavy Heavy Low Low. This record has been well received by many including a spot on Decibels "Top 40 extreme albums of 2009" list.. Listen: Myspace
	Northless "Leaving the Wolves" Cassette $4.00 Released by fellow Wisconsinite, Halo of Flies Records. From the label: The last unreleased tracks recorded in the original 2 piece lineup, this tape is six songs of misanthropic, sludgy doom/post metal. From Me: Outstanding, sludgy metal/doomage with a whole lot of melody. These are out of print from the label and I only have a couple left, hurry up! Listen: Myspace
	Thou "Peasant" CD $8.00 Released by Autopsy Kitchen Records. From the label: Every now and again the rare occasion arises that you come across a record clearly created by fanatics that simply can't help but stand apart from the crowd. Fanatics that have deep roots in nothing else but bashing out the most grim yet beautiful sounding doom.. doom isn't the genre here, doom is the atmosphere. Eyes peer beyond shadows and blood flows beneath footprints. The world is not as vast as the mind. Reality suffers the consequence and we are it's slaves. "Peasant" is Thou's 2nd full length after their debut LP "Tyrant" and both LPs were summoned in their hometown of Baton Rouge, LA which many here in the states consider the home state of that true soulful doom vibe somewhat akin to Motown via Detroit. Unlike many bands of the ilk, Thou doesn't just simply plow over you with riff after unbearably crushing riff over the duration of the album but choose to riff over your soul track by track with more venom per ounce than is likely healthy by any standard. Needless pain and suffering are all around you, Thou are not the answer... they are the alternative. No true pleasure can ever be experienced without a healthy dose of pain. Look no further. Presented in a deluxe 16 page booklet. Listen: Thou Website