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ACURSED "Tunneln I Ljusets Slut" from Prank BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $7.50 Brutal, devastating metallic hardcore from Sweden, over loaded with feedback as it blasts track after track of savagely shouted, throttling hardcore that slows only to deliver mid-tempo crushing blows. ACURSED, like many of the classic Swedish punk bands, are an enigma that surfaces haphazardly to unleash a new set of harsh tracks, previously with several records on Sweden's PUTRID FILTH CONSPIRACY label and the DISTORTION label. Akin to the HIS HERO IS GONE / TRAGEDY/ FROM ASHES RISE school of dark riffs and mood, and the classic original " Prank Sound", "TUNNELN I LJUSETS SLUT" is ACURSED's years- in-the-making Prank debut, and one of the most bleak releases on the label yet - with minimal artwork, the band chose to not even provide song titles in the packaging to keep from distracting from the music and mood. Members also play in VICTIMS (Havoc Records), SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS (Prank), and SAYYADINA (Sound Pollution). |
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ANTISCHISM "Antischism" from Prank 2xLP temporarily out of stock BUY CD • $7.25 |
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ANTISCHISM "Still Life" from Prank BUY LP • $6.25 BUY CD • $7.00 |
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ARTIMUS PYLE "Civil Dead" from Prank BUY LP • $5.25 BUY CD • $7.00 ARTIMUS PYLE formed from the ashes of San Francisco’s punk rock maniacs FUCKFACE—taking their former band’s manic rage and hyperactive thrash down a darker, heavier path. Slowed into heavily downtuned, sludgey dirges, ARTIMUS PYLE's music spontaneously explodes and implodes into spastic fits of hardcore fury and percussive bombardment. Recorded at Polymorph Studios by Dan Rathbun, Civil Dead is one very, very loud record and meant to be played that way. The CD combines the 8-track 12" with the "Cold Cold Earth" EP for a total of 13 songs. |
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ARTIMUS PYLE "Cold, Cold Earth" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.75 Five more songs of pulverizing destruction, mixing spastic thrash fits with ultra low-end tonnage, chaotic drum attack and howled dark lyrics. |
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ARTIMUS PYLE "Fucked from Birth" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.25 An unrelenting powerhouse of screamed vocals, pulse pounding drumming, and low end guitar fury, this, the first proper full length for ARTIMUS PYLE, refines all their previous output to precision lethal destructiveness. Recorded by Dan Rathbun at Polymorph Studios, Fucked From Birth is as it suggests: an anguished, brooding powerhouse hardcore record, cut of the dark Prank mold but with ARTIMUS PYLE’S unique and typical twists. Streamlining the manic attack of their earlier records, this follows the Fortress EP by the same new line up (with members of WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?, IRON LUNG, VAE VICTUS, FUCKFACE and more), faster and more thrashy, briefly lurching slow bits before launching back to full throttle. |
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AVSKUM "Crucified by the System" from Prank 7" temporarily out of stock Limited re-press of the debut 6-Track 1984 E. P. " Crucified By The System" by Swedish legends AVSKUM. A true to the time, lo-fi yet intense dose of rampaging Swedish hardcore with hoarse vocals, pounding drums and rushing guitars. A near-exact replica of the original E.P. , remastered and originally released in a limited quantity in 2005 to coordinate with Avskum's 2005 U.S. tour, this new and final limited edition version is pressed on white vinyl with black labels. AVSKUM will surface again for gigs in the U.K. later this year, and have material set for an all-new LP to be released this year. |
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AVSKUM "In the Spirit of Massdestruction" from Prank LP temporarily out of stock |
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AVSKUM "Punkista!" from Prank BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $7.50 Charged and furious, classic Swedish Punk carved out of D-Beat and DISCHARGE, blasting with hoarse vocals and a wall of guitars. This is the third LP by Swedish legend’s AVSKUM, who have existed on and off in the Swedish hardcore punk scene since the early 1980s. This LP is marked with unique twists and turns that challenge and defy the formula while satisfying both fans of the band's old dirgy style “Ingen Manniska Ar Illegal” and full on DISCHARGE style attack “Children of War”. |
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BORN AGAINST "Battle Hymns of the Race War" from Prank LP temporarily out of stock |
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BORN AGAINST "Nine Patriotic Hymns For Children" from Prank BUY LP • $6.50 |
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BORN/DEAD "Endless War - Repetition" from Prank BUY CD • $7.50 Searing guitars, throttling drums, & dual vocal shouts with tough anarcho-punk lyrics, "Endless War: Repetition" features 11 re-mastered tracks from Oakland, California's BORN/DEAD's European- only split LP with Seattle's Consume, an ultra-limited 2005 tour-only 12" and the recent "Repetition/Fear" EP on one CD, plus three live mpeg videos filmed at legendary punk venues Gilman Street and Burnt Ramen, and a 12-page booklet of lyrics and photos. These tracks are some of the band's burliest of their Oakland-meets -AUS ROTTEN style punk charge, including a NECROS cover, and have been the core of the band's live set for the past two years, including their recent West Coast tour supporting UK punk legends THE SUBHUMANS! Download: "Fear" MP3 |
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BORN/DEAD "Our Darkest Fears Now Haunt Us" from Prank BUY LP • $5.25 BUY CD • $7.25 BORN/ DEAD deliver charged political hardcore shrouded in the brooding style of East Bay hardcore, carrying forth the lineage of bands like CHRIST ON PARADE, Pain of Mind-era NEUROSIS, ECONOCHRIST, TALK IS POISON etc. A straight- forward yet inventive attack, devastatingly caustic vocal trade-offs, intricate bass lines and dark riffs at peak drum speed topped with dark political lyrics —dire music for dire times. This is the debut 12” and CD for Oakland’s BORN/DEAD, who have gigged mercilessly in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past few years, and have gained a dedicated following from their self-released debut 7”, which sold out in record time. The CD includes their debut EP tracks. |
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BORN/DEAD "Repetition/Fear" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.75 Oakland, California’s BORN/DEAD charge forth with two blasting tracks after a long hiatus! The A- Side is the chanting and unique "Repetition", which has been a focal point of their recent live sets, with a classic UK peace punk feel. The flip "Fear" is back to form with a full tilt hardcore charge of raw and political punk rock. Recorded By Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil), and mastered by John Golden, this is the debut of new drummer Josh and coincides with BORN/DEAD’s current European Tour. Limited edition copies were pressed on colored vinyl and first pressing is in a special edition sleeve. |
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BORN/DEAD "The Final Collapse" from Prank BUY LP • $8.75 BUY CD • $7.50 LP has a gatefold jacket & and 8-page printed booklet! Charging Anarcho-punk, steeped in East Bay hardcore moodiness and UK peace punk politics, this second LP by Oakland's BORN/DEAD offers no let up in blasting fury, with seven new tracks and a raging cover of '90's English band CRESS. Ignited with raw guitar attack and pummeling drums, fueled by dual vocal shouts spewing point blank politics, BORN/DEAD balance their street level, direct punk assault with the dark, artful edges of East Bay hardcore (Ala Dead and Gone, Christ On Parade, Econochrist). Recorded by Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil) at Ear Hammer with a flat UK '82- recording style, this LP comes packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a printed 8- page lyric booklet. BORN/DEAD is currently on their third tour of Europe, following multiple tours criss- crossing North America and Mexico, and touring Australia and New Zealand in January. |
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BURST "Conquest: Writhe" from Prank BUY CD • $7.00 New-school inspired intensity (a la REFUSED or maybe hints of a more melodic COALESCE) with deft jumps between straight-ahead fast hardcore and melodic guitar-driven melodies like SO MUCH HATE or LIFE... BUT HOW TO LIVE IT? The ten songs here are not easily contained by labels or comparisons to other bands, as they are charged with a multitude of influences from metallic downbeats, thrash, melodic hardcore, new and old metal. The final track is a remix by MERZBOW even! BURST is powered by a dead-on rhythm section, a scathing vocalist and some over-the-top guitarists flinging out quick solos and monster riffs while overlaying the entire procession with somber melody. The vinyl was released by Sweden’s mighty Putrid Filth Conspiracy label; this is Conquest: Writhe's first issue on CD and first release in the US. |
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BURY THE LIVING "All the News That's Fit to Scream" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.25 Tough bare knuckle hardcore with tough intent, charging guitars lead speeding Blast Beats to heavy SXE-styled breakdowns and choruses while hoarse shouting vocals resonate full bore, double barrel, no holds barred political lyrics. Straight forward in overall attack, Memphis, Tennessee's BURY THE LIVING 's second full length LP 's 21 tracks are filled with enough dark twists, experimentation and diverse influences within the hardcore formula (from blast beat mid-'90's hardcore to SXE hardcore to late '80's experimentation with rock) to fit well as their Prank debut. BURY THE LIVING recently completed a US tour with Dutch Punk Legends SEEIN' RED and have released multiple 7"'s EP's, as well as a previous LP on Memphis' SOUL IS CHEAP label in the last seven years. Drummer Ceylon has been a Memphis punk scene fixture since the mid -1980's in Better Youth Organization recording artist's PEZZ, and along with BTL vocalist PAT was in FMD, one of the many great no-nonsense HC bands to emerge from Memphis (COPOUT, DEATHREAT, REUBEN JAMES,etc). Recorded in Memphis with Jason Potter last Spring, "All The News That's Fit To Scream" is an old school '80's 'Reagan-Era' hardcore pairing of urgent lyrics with urgent music, not mired in nostalgia but updated for even darker times. Limited copies on White vinyl. "If You don't weigh in, you don't rassle"! |
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CHRIST ON PARADE "Loud & Live" from Prank BUY LP • $8.50 BUY CD • $8.25 13 tracks recorded live on their 2007 West Coast tour on KFJC radio, this represents the set the "all original members" band played on both their West Coast and European tours featuring classic tracks from all eras of the band, with original vocalist Barrie picking up some of the second vocal duties of the later material. It was re-mixed from its original broadcast, and mastered by George Horn Mastering. CHRIST ON PARADE's reunions, including a recent successful one of Japan, have been marked by dedication to presenting the band as they are and were - the equipment and the sound, attack and intent are not falsely "updated" or "modernized", and while this record does peek through a lighter side of the band inbetween tracks, it's very true to their original records and will stoke out both old and new fans. LP's are on Green vinyl and limited to 550 Copies, CD's are limited to 600. Track list: Chaos Breeder / Self-Serving / Drop - Out / Thoughts of War / Final Solution / Another Country / Riding The Flatlands / My Life/ Teach Your Children Well/ Joshua Brown/ Pressured To Succeed / Flash / Everyone's Crazy |
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CHRIST ON PARADE "Sounds of Nature" from Prank/Neurot BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $9.25 Classic East Bay Hardcore delivered in a whirlwind of speed and anger, with blunt political punk lyrics! This is a re-issue of CHRIST ON PARADE's earliest material, out of print for nearly two decades - the original "Sounds Of Nature" 12" from 1985 on one side, then tracks from THRASHER magazine's Skaterock Vol.3 Compilation, the original, unreleased version of the "Isn't Life A Dream" 7" and an unreleased AVENGERS cover on the flip. The packaging of the LP closely replicates the original "Sounds Of Nature" EP on Pusmort Records, with a large 11x22" insert of the orginal inner sleeve, complete lyrics and full color photos. Members of CHRIST ON PARADE went on to play in NEUROSIS, BLISTER, HELLBILLYS, PLAN 9, ECONOCHRIST and more. CD version available on NEUROT recordings. CHRIST ON PARADE are on tour in Europe in May 2007, and will play two special shows at 924 GIlman Street this summer. |
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CROW "Bloody Tear" from Prank LP temporarily out of stock Bombastic crust-metal from Tokyo, an ultra brutal lightning attack of searing riffs, wild solos, screaming vocals and crushing rhythm section! Bleak intent and metallic mayhem, CROW have dotted the landscape of Japanese hardcore punk since its inception and just seem to get more devastating with age!! This is their first full length / second LP since the 1980's, with 9 tracks. Some of the songs are intense re-recorded versions of some of their classic tracks (Including their signature track "Give Up All Hope" that has been covered by numerous bands including the UK's legendary DOOM) as well as new recordings of songs from their recent ultra-limited Japanese releases. This is the official vinyl release of this new LP, which was released as a CD-only on the Mangrove label in Japan. The LP sequence has slight variations in both track listing and mixes. CROW have toured the West Coast twice, releasing the well received 7" " Neurotic Organization" and split EP with ARTIMUS PYLE on Prank. The first press of this LP version comes with a gigantic poster insert! |
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CROW "Neurotic Organization" from Prank 7" temporarily out of stock Dark and bleak hardcore cornered in metallic rock, but thundering with determined intent. Fueled by the upbeat energy of Japanese hardcore, but drawing longer mid-tempo compositions of shouted despair, pounded drum beats and screaming guitars influenced by UK bands such as ANTISECT and AMEBIX, the EP includes a rollicking cover of AMEBIX's "No Sanctuary". Crow have been on and off the hardcore scene for almost two decades, with numerous releases in Japan. This marks their first US release, with cover art and design by Carl Auge of HIS HERO IS GONE. |
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DAMAD "Burning Cold" from Prank BUY CD • $7.00 |
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DAMAD "Rise and Fall" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.00 Repressed!! A final Limited edition press on either Pink, blue, Grey and other limited colors of vinyl, less than 150 of each color pressed. Moody, intense, swaggering hardcore—churning, dynamic, lumbering metallic crunch, shifting gears between grinding dirge and a pounding hardcore punk assault. A hybrid trespass between the boundaries of punk, metal and rock, yet lyrically remaining punk-rock and inspirational. Nine-song debut at the heart of the "Savannah Sound" and Southern down-tuned crust-metal crossover . Members have since played in KARST, KYLESA and MEATJACK. |
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DEAD AND GONE "T.V. Baby" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 Tense explosions of abrasive energy ignited by rage-spewing, scathing vocals combine to create dark and moody hardcore from Emeryville, CA. While being rooted in 80s hardcore thrash, DEAD AND GONE mix in a gloomy and experimental edge, creating an unique and volatile mix. Eight-song 12”/fourteen-song CD including their debut 7”, demo and compilation tracks. Members currently play in YEAR FUTURE, LOOK BACK & LAUGH and were in CREEPS ON CANDY & TALK IS POISON. |
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DEATHREAT "Runs Dry" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.75 Re-pressed on limited LIME GREEN vinyl! |
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DESOLATION "Desolation" from Prank BUY LP • $6.50 BUY CD • $7.25 Violent distortion! Breakneck speed hardcore singed with metallic bite and raw thrash overdrive, detonated by harsh barking vocals casting somber imagery. The debut LP/CD from San Francisco’s DESOLATION combines influences from the moody dark edge of crust like NAUSEA and AMEBIX with the sweeping anthems and melody of classic Japanese hardcore, and delivers it with the speed and ferocity of the band members' other units BORN/DEAD, STRUNG UP and SCURVY DOGS. LP/ CD comes packaged in a deluxe foil-stamped sleeve designed by PUSHEAD, with artwork by Japanese Artist SUGI, who has penned covers for many classic Japanese hardcore bands (WARHEAD, INSANE YOUTH, DEATHSIDE), and was recently featured in JUXATPOSE magazine. Interior art by Jeremy “Hush” Clark (known best for his headers on Slug and Lettuce Fanzine and recent artwork for KYLESA and IRON LUNG). Recorded by Dan Rathbun at Polymorph Studios in Oakland (TRAGEDY, HIS HERO IS GONE, ARTIMUS PYLE) and mastered by John Golden. First 600 copies on Red Vinyl. |
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DROP DEAD / TOTALITÄR from Prank BUY 7" • $3.00 BUY CDep • $2.75 Re-pressed on new colored vinyl! Combining two of the longest running and best- loved hardcore bands on the planet. Rhode Island’s DROPDEAD have flown the flag of extreme political thrash since the early nineties, with numerous 7”s, 12”s, 5”s, and even an 11” to their credit. A whopping six tracks are slapped onto one 7” side, representing some of their most savage material since their 1991 debut EP. Sweden’s TOTALITÄR dates back to the “silver age” of Swedish hardcore in the mid to late 1980s, delivering pounding, classic hardcore punk cast out of the DISCHARGE mold. Always topically astute, TOTALITÄR have been even more productive in the last decade, with two LPs, two split LPs and a heap of seven inches to their credit, casting their appeal way beyond a “cult band.” Their three songs have a looser and more garage feel, but steamroll within their classic explosive formula. |
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GAUZE "Binbou Yusuri No Rizumu Ni Notte" from Prank BUY LP • $10.00 The fifth LP from Tokyo, Japanese hardcore legends GAUZE. Since 1981 GAUZE have played some of the world's most intense hardcore punk, and at this point might hold the title of the world's greatest continually playing, original 1980's hardcore band. A "living tradition" of Japanese hardcore that has never mellowed with age, GAUZE have played monthly in Tokyo for 27 years, devoting most of their energy to their live performances. Many of their songs are hammered out at their live shows long before their sporadic recorded releases (their last release was ten years ago!). GAUZE's songs just seem to get FASTER with each record, and the blinding ten tracks here are no exception. Issued in Japan in late 2007 as a CD-only release, this is one of GAUZE's rawest recording yet and it's first appearance on vinyl. |
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| GRIMPLE "Phil" from Prank BUY 7" • $3.00 This is a reissue of Oakland, CA via New Mexico’s GRIMPLE ‘s debut 7” EP "Get Me Out of the Van, I Have No Key Phil" from 1993. This 4-song EP was originally issued in a limited quantity of 1,000 on Homemade records, quickly went out of print, and became sought after by collectors paying sky high prices. Classic tracks of a deft fusion between abrasive Hardcore punk and the (then-emerging) East Bay pop-punk sound. Re-mastered and repressed in all its gnarly cut'n'paste gluestick glory. Members of GRIMPLE have since played in ELDOPA, BUZZOVEN, BRAINOIL, WATCH THEM DIE and OJOROJO. This repress is limited to 300 copies on CLEAR VINYL! |
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GRIMPLE "Up Your Ass" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.25 |
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GUYANA PUNCH LINE "Direkt Aktion" from Prank LP temporarily out of stock The third, darkest and possibly most extreme record by South Carolina’s GUYANA PUNCH LINE yet. From where the psychotic frenzy of their sophomore release Irritainment left off, this is much more straight to the jugular, blown out torrential waves of demented thrash blistered with caustic screaming vocals, manic drumming, ripping bass lines and some deep low end moody guitar work harkening back to the guitarist’s Kevin’s time in INITIAL STATE. A much more political record than their previous outings, while still maintaining their trademark sense of humor and freaky wit, all detailed in the requisite lengthy booklet. Vocalist Chris was one of the masterminds behind IN/ HUMANITY, while guitarist Kevin was in ANTISCHISM and INITAL STATE. |
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GUYANA PUNCH LINE "Irritainment: Songs to Disturb the Comfortable..." from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 A hardcore punk explosion, thirteen songs hurling fragments of melody and bombardments of lyrical attack. This is the second album from Columbia, SC's GUYANA PUNCH LINE and a continuation of their quixotic quest to kick life into counter-culture thinking while trying not to laugh too hard. More to-the-point brutal than their debut Maximum Smashism, the music of Irritainment blends moody, dark, brooding hardcore with abrasive thundering manic thrash, drifting further and further into the deep-end—with bent and destructive guitar riffs combined with a fierce, solid rhythm section back up. Lyrically taking Influence from DEAD KENNEDYS and THE FEEDERZ school of mind-bending concepts and humor fired at rapid pace, Y2K = Year Zero! Plenty of time to smash it all down and start all over again. The record comes equipped with an extensive instruction booklet. |
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GUYANA PUNCH LINE "Maximum Smashism" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 Anthemic terror, swathed in feedback and noise and shining guitar wail. Bombarding crunch edged by spastic fits of thrash. Emo-violence is dead… long live Smashism!!! A barreling quick punk attack from former members of ANTISCHISM, IN/ HUMANITY and .FUCKINGCOM. Ten songs laced with dark humor & political impact, recorded by Jay Matheson at The Jam Room. |
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HAIL MARY "Glorious Morning" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.75 |
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HEALTH HAZARD / SUFFER "Discography 1993 - 1996" from Prank BUY CD • $7.00 A volley of abrasive, thrashing, and overpowering blasts of hardcore fury! HEALTH HAZARD were a short-lived English band with caustic female vocals, speeding thrash with hammering guitar and throttling drums. Their progeny, SUFFER, continued with a darker bent and complexity. 44 songs! |
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HIS HERO IS GONE "15 Counts of Arson" from Prank BUY LP • $5.50 BUY CD • $7.00 Back in print on LP! Agitated immensity in explosive velocity. Volatile chunks of thrash fused with metallic influences in an expansively loud combination of distortion, feedback and noise. Destructo-core with everything amplified into the red to fuel powerful lyrics. Fifteen song debut LP. CD includes their debut 7” and an extra track. |
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HIS HERO IS GONE "Monuments to Thieves" from Prank BUY LP • $5.50 BUY CD • $5.75 Back in print on LP! Immense, metallic, heaviness churned at hardcore velocity, HIS HERO IS GONE rip through fifteen songs on their second album. Monuments to Thieves displays a more melodic attack amongst the speeding combustion, but with no compromise in intensity. Fueled by powerful lyrics, dredging a bleak landscape for remnants of hope. “The real truth is told, & like weeds we will grow!” |
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| HIS HERO IS GONE "The Dead of Night in Eight Movements" from Prank BUY 7" • $3.00 Memphis destructo-core. A burly snarl of tungsten-heaviness and bursts of harsh vocals casting an apocalyptic lyrical onslaught. A hybrid strain of power-violence intensity, schizoprenic thrashing and skull crushing brutality. Their debut, eight-songs. Members currently play in CRIMINAL DAMAGE, TRAGEDY, DRAIN THE SKY, WARCRY, and were in DEATHREAT, CALL THE POLICE, FUNERAL, DIMLAIA, COPOUT. RE-PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL! |
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INITIAL STATE "Abort the Soul" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 An evolution of the band ANTISCHISM, but far more moody and intense—INITIAL STATE combined tribal rhythms and blasting thrash beats, layered with guitar caked in feedback and noise to produce a inimitable hardcore explosion. Trade-offs of male and female vocals offering hope, scowling condemnation and pledging resistance with the political intent and weight of ANTISCHISM even further intensified. Re-mastered from its original 1994 release on Clearview Records. |
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IRON LUNG "Sexless/No Sex" from Prank BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $7.50 Destructive power violence hardcore! The debut Prank LP from Seattle-via-San Francisco-via-Reno's IRON LUNG features their abrasive blend of low end crushing heavy lumbering, split with devastating and inventive fast thrash and bleak lyrics skewed through medical malpractice. A 20-song second LP following up their "Life. Iron Lung.Death" LP on 625 Thrash on top of a ridiculous number of 7"'s, split releases, cassettes, CD-R's and other limited releases. The duo that is IRON LUNG sit at the forefront of the modern power violence resurgence, continually re-inventing the formula and pushing it to new extremes. IRON LUNG members were previously in ARTIMUS PYLE, GEHENNA, GOB and VAE VICTUS and have toured extensively throughout the US and Europe, been on TV in Iceland and also toured Australia, where they will return in 2008. "SEXLESS//NO SEX" was recorded at Polymorph Studios by Dan Rathbun (whose engineering and production includes some of the best of extreme underground hardcore - TRAGEDY, HIS HERO IS GONE, WORLD BURNS TO DEATH, FROM ASHES RISE). The cover artwork is mind blowing pen-and-ink scratching by NICK BLINKO of RUDIMENTARY PENI! |
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KYLESA "Kylesa" from Prank BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $7.50 Back in print! Devastatingly corrosive, erupting with somber, bone-chilling guitar work, pounding rock-driven drumming, and a fierce metallic attack with brutal vocals, KYLESA is a dynamic metal-punk hybrid driven directly and to the point by the musicians who previously made up DAMAD. Former DAMAD members now pick up vocal duties with the addition of second guitarist Laura. KYLESA echoes the zenith of DAMAD, but the music of Savannah, Georgia's KYLESA has its own feel and crushing attack. KYLESA recorded this LP in two sessions at the JAM ROOM in Columbia, SC. The eight songs are diverse, showcasing the intricate playing ability and rock affinity that was apparent in DAMAD, but they also deliver an intensely heavy pounding assault. Cover art by Pushead! |
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KYLESA "No Ending/110º Heat Index" from Prank BUY 7" • $3.25 CDep temporarily out of stock Head-crushing metallic punk mayhem! The CDEP version features two additional tracks (a re- recording of the stomper "Delusion on Fire" from the now out-of-print Super Sabado Gigante compilation and a punishing cover of crust-punk legends NAUSEA's "Clutches". It also features video footage of the band performing live. Both formats come in a sleeve designed by and with all new artwork by Pushead. The 7" is foil stamped and on colored vinyl! |
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N.O.T.A. "Live at the Crystal Pistol" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 Blasts of melodic energy, swaggered with distortion and noise, thrashed out at top speed. An intense tremor of the hardcore punk explosion, crash landing into a Tulsa, Oklahoma Cowboy bar in 1983 on "Punk Night". No nonsense, straight-forward hardcore punk rock, soaked and steeped in enough rock and '77 catchy punk to surface hooks, choruses and melody amisdst the blur. Recorded live in 1983, this was originally released as NONE OF THE ABOVE ( N.O.T.A.)'s demo tape. |
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PAINTBOX "Cry of the Sheeps" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.50 Limited edition Green vinyl re-press! PAINTBOX is one of the current batch of legendary Tokyo hardcore bands on the mighty HG Fact label, formed in the mid-1990s from the splintering of classic 1980's Japanese hardcore band DEATHSIDE. Melodic intensity and remarkable musicianship that plays circles around what you think of as “thrash” and the unique upbeat power and high energy of Japanese hardcore punk; they’re simply one of the best hardcore bands on the planet. The continuing legacy with PAINTBOX has been two full length CDs (and soon a third) and innumerable seven inches, flexis and CDEPs in their native country, as well as a limited vinyl edition of their first LP on Canada’s Ugly Pop label. Cry of the Sheeps was originally issued in Japan only as a CDEP and the title track is a unique power anthem and the flipside “Big Ant” and “Betsu-Mirai (Alternative Future)” win the Prank Records award hands down as two of the best fast hardcore songs in years. |
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| PAINTBOX "Earthball Sports Tournament Gatefold" from Prank BUY LP • $10.00 A kinetic blend of high energy hardcore, melody and hard rock, Tokyo’s PAINTBOX second full length “Earthball Sports Tournament” was released as a CD- only in 2000 by Japan’s premiere punk label, HG FACT. In the intervening time since its release, it’s become widely regarded as one of the band’s masterpieces and one of the greatest Japanese Hardcore punk records released this decade. While blasting with the ebullient intensity and upbeat energy of the best of Japanese hardcore, PAINTBOX cull influences from all over the musical map, incorporating horns, keyboards, strings and more, simultaneously weaving bits of melody, psychedelia, classic rock into their mix of “burning spirits” styled hardcore, surpassing expectations as they blow through unexpected soundscapes at top speed. PAINTBOX are now completing work on their long delayed third LP "Trip Trance and Travelling”, to be released this year on HG FACT. |
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| PAINTBOX "Singing Shouting Crying" from Prank BUY LP • $7.25 Blasting, energetic rocking hardcore from Tokyo, the debut LP by Tokyo, Japan’s PAINTBOX is a stunning blend of traditional “burning spirits” Japanese hardcore mixed with melodic pop and driving hard rock influences, fueled by raging guitar leads, a rampaging rhythm section and husky, tough sung vocals. Original issued on the HG FACT label, It is issued for the first time in the U.S. on vinyl. The Prank Records version features different artwork, a translated lyric sheet, a different A/B side breakdown and improved mastering from a now-deleted vinyl pressing on Canada’s Ugly Pop records. Guitarist Chelsea was instrumental to the creation of “burning spirits” sound as a member of 1980’s legends DEATHSIDE, but forged new ground with Paintbox with its infectious, upbeat energy. |
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| PESD (POST EXTREME STRESS DISORDER) "Politikarepoizonekurvae" from Prank BUY LP • $7.00 Powerfully colliding stripped down hardcore with an updated version of the offbeat cold wave / new wave fusion of classic 80’s Polish punk, PESD (POST EXTREME STRESS DISORDER) pull no punches in harsh vocal attack, pounding rhythms and searing hook-laden rockin’ hardcore riffs. The fast tracks tear with inventiveness and all-out furor of the best of International hardcore records, then keyboards and early industrial sound effects come out in the mid-tempo songs to cast the record in a dark, near-gothic light, while still retaining the aggressive urgency and mood. An inventive and powerful collaboration project between the guitarist of Poland’s legendary POST REGIMENT and the singer of the equally legendary TRAGEDIA, “POLITIKAREPOIZONEKURVAE“ was originally released in 2005 on CD on Poland’s Trujaca Fala label. This was so glued to the Prank Record’s office stereo and is one of our absolute favorite records of the last few years, we decided to press it stateside. The U.S. version has been re-mastered at Fantasy by George Horn and comes in deluxe packaging. Limited to 1,000 copies with 500 on Orange vinyl! |
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SCROTUM GRINDER "The Greatest Sonic Abomination Ever" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 BUY CD • $7.00 Unrelenting! Explosively powerful creative thrash marked with tough metallic breakdowns, floor- punching chunka-chunka, and raucous female vocals. Speeding hardcore filled with abrasive twists and turns, violent vocal trade offs and dark and thoughtful lyrics. SCROTUM GRINDER is composed of members of the bands HANKSHAW (though they sounds nothing alike), FAILURE FACE, along with Steve Kosiba, who was in Misery Index-era ASSUCK and lead vocalist, Michelle who is a punk rock crowd-leaping terror and later sang in MOMENTO MORI! By no means a repeat of past bands or sounds, this tears with inventiveness and imagination while still keeping even keel with a destructive hardcore path, an apocalyptic dark ride with lyrical hope and inspiration as a guide... and yes, Prank knows the band name is terrible! |
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SIGNAL LOST "Children of the Wasteland" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.25 SIGNAL LOST brandish a raw guitar attack and passionate female vocals, playing catchy mid- tempo hardcore punk rock with heavy emphasis on songs, as opposed to over-the-top thrash bludgeoning. Blending the moodiness of '80s UK peace-punk like The MOB & ZOUNDS with the anthemic qualitities of Polish Punk like DEZERTER & POST REGIMENT (and the punchy-yet-tuneful aggression of ARTICLES OF FAITH & PROLETARIAT), SIGNAL LOST carry the rich legacy of Texas punk a step further with a sound that riffs off of familiar elements but has its own distinct identity. Guitarist Stan played in Memphis’s DEATHREAT, as well as the criminally underrated and prolific New York City band BALANCE OF TERROR. The raw guitar sound of those bands remains, but the tempo slows to allow the melodic framework of the songs to shine. Recorded at Jackpot studios in Portland (ELLIOTT SMITH, SLEATER KINNEY) by Larry Crane (Tape Op Magazine), Children Of The Wasteland is a unique record, different than your typical Prank release and a unique addition to the Prank family of bands. |
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SIGNAL LOST "Prosthetic Screams" from Prank BUY LP • $6.75 BUY CD • $7.50 Austin, Texas's SIGNAL LOST second LP and sophomore release "Prosthetic Screams" combines a WIPERS-styled guitar moodiness, AVENGERS-esque sung female vocals, & an on-point rhythm section, altogether echoing everything from mid-period TSOL, classic 80's new wave, UK peace punk and at the same time reveling in the same dark outlook and spirit akin to most stuff on the Prank label. Jokingly and now seemingly stuck with the tag " Dance music for Old Punks", it's a mark of the infectious nature of SIGNAL LOST's songs, and this LP is the strongest definition of the band yet, with widely marked progression within ten varied tracks, ranging from almost radio friendly pop punk to all out hardcore ragers to moody mid tempo tracks with surf-ish guitar. Recorded last year at the Bubble in Austin, mastered by Jerry Tubbs at Terra Nova and featuring art work from Austin Artist Win Wallace, SIGNAL LOST features members of DEATHREAT , BALANCE OF TERROR, SEVERED HEAD OF STATE and J-CHURCH...... Sounds like none of those bands, with their own unique bent , but just as great! Download: "Blurry Vision" MP3 |
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SIGNAL LOST "You'll Never Get Us Down Again" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.50 Austin, Texas's SIGNAL LOST's second record follows their debut LP in an inventive mix of melodic guitars, impassioned female vocals, and mid-tempo hardcore -edged punk rock with a hint of garage, new wave and '77 punk. These four diverse tracks - from a melodic mid-tempo charger to the bands fastest, most hardcore material - are the debut of new drummer Chris, who previously was in SEVERED HEAD OF STATE and is currently also in J CHURCH. Guitarist Stan, who was previously in BALANCE OF TERROR and DEATHREAT, produced and recorded this stripped down recording which highlights his raw HUSKER DU-ish guitar sound. SIGNAL LOST are currently in Europe, and since their debut LP in June of 2004 have criss- crossed the US multiple times, hitting major DIY punk festivals and touring with Japanese band HAMMER. This EP is available in Europe from Trujca Fala and communichaos. Limited copies available on blue vinyl! |
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SMASH YOUR FACE "Light Times, Loose Times" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.60 Yokohama, Japan’s SMASH YOUR FACE’s brings a “dirty, nasty, fuckin’ high energy” mixture of early LA punk (a la GERMS, BLACK FLAG, CIRCLE JERKS), THE DWARVES, THE STOOGES and early Japanese hardcore such as LIPCREAM. Garage-edged hardcore. Three songs. |
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SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS "Kangnave" from Prank BUY LP • $6.00 BUY CD • $7.25 Charging Swedish punk attack, burning guitars and sore throats, cracked cymbals and worn out DISCHARGE records, Kangnave (pronounced SCHANG-NAA-VEH, meaning Crust Fist) is the second full length album by Stockholm's humor laced SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS. Full tilt hardcore with a wickedly bent sense of humor, SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS previously released an LP on Minneapolis Sin Fronterias label and a 7" (Svensk Mangel EP) on Prank. This LP follows the Prank EP in a double-time hardcore assault and/or salute on/to the beer sodden crusties who, at peak moments carefully holding a can of beer in one hand, raise the other hand in the Kangnave CRUST FIST!!!! Okay, these guys might be kidding, but that's what they told Prank the concept was. Chalk it up to translation of Swedish humor and a band made up of members of legendary hardcore bands WOLF BRIGADE and SVART SNO not afraid to do a piss-take, at least lyrically, on their own scene. Musically it's up there with the best of detonating hardcore powerhouses, riffing with the complexity and overdrive of SVART SNO, but explosive in its own direction. Download: "Jag Trivs Bast Inre Landskap" MP3 |
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| SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS "Sunday Morning Tour EP" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.75 |
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SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS "Svensk Mangel" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.50 |
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SVART SNO "Smock'n'Roll" from Prank BUY LP • $5.75 Since the mid-'80's, Sweden's SVART SNÖ (Black Snow) have delivered some of the strongest hardcore noise in the classic and renown style of their home country. Keying the DISCHARGE wall of guitar to their own needs, amidst the hoarse shouts, wall of guitar, and pounding rythms doled out with manic fervor, SVART SNÖ fall along a more complex, melodic path. Fourteen songs with thoughtful lyrics translated into English; originally released on CD- only by Beat Butchers Records. Guitarist Peter currently plays in SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS. |
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TALK IS POISON "CONDENSED HUMANITY: THE PRANK EP'S" from Prank BUY LP • $7.00 Out of print for half a decade, the 7" EP's recorded by Oakland's TALK IS POISON have become cult legend among hardcore collectors and fans, pegged as a "modern classic" by the FLEX punk discography, and cited as an influence on many bands that followed them since their brief existence in the late 1990's. A combination of a straight ahead hardcore attack (William Harris from Memphis's now legendary COPOUT), dark edged, bass-driven East Bay hardcore ( Brian Stern, Member of DEAD AND GONE and currently in LOOK BACK AND LAUGH and CALIFORNIA LOVE), Pounding, rock solid drumming (Jim Nastique of BLACK FORK, THE PATTERN) and heavy low end dark pummeling ( Grant Kasten, of ANIMAL FARM, LIVING UNDER LIES, OJOROJO, COLDBRINGER). TALK IS POISON released 17 tracks on two 7" EP's ("Straight to Hell", " Control") and a split 7" with Memphis's DEATHREAT all of which are collected here in a powerful re-mastered version from the original tapes. Innovative lyrically as well as musically, and delivered with the steadfast earnestness of the best of hardcore bands - at the Prank HQ, we feel hands down THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE'VE EVER RELEASED in almost 100 records, easily holding its own against any of the hardcore greats past and present, and are proud to finally have it back in circulation. This will be released later in the year on CD with additional live recording, photos and video. |
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TOTALITAR "Klass Inte Ras" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.60 Since 1985, Sweden’s TOTALITÄR have consistently produced some of the most riveting hardcore on the planet, back-boning an overwhelming thrash churn with a steady DISCHARGE influence: guttural shouts, which spew warning and hope with determined intent powered by driving, raw guitars. Six songs. |
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TOTALITAR "Ni Maste Bort!" from Prank LP temporarily out of stock BUY CD • $7.00 Translated loosely to “You’ve Gotta Go!” TOTALITÄR mark racist, sexist and capitalistic modes of thought, dysfunctional politicians and useless media, cynicism and the dull mechanical wearing on people’s lives on the “to go” list! Originally released on Sweden’s Finn Records label, this version is re-mastered with new cover art by John Yates at Stealworks. |
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TOTALITAR "Sin Egen Motstandare" from Prank BUY CD • $7.00 A total classic of Swedish hardcore punk fury, originally released in Sweden by the Finn label in 1995. With eighteen songs, this is true to the original in packaging and form, yet re-mastered. |
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TOTALITAR "Vi Är Eliten" from Prank BUY LP • $7.50 BUY CD • $7.00 Rampaging D-beat hardcore punk, Stockholm’s TOTALITÄR are one of the longest running and most renowned classic Swedish hardcore bands from the 1980’s, with almost twenty releases since their beginnings in 1985. Respected for their challenging political lyrics, integrity and continual inventive spins on a brutal and straightforward formula of rock-driven, blasting hardcore. After a series of farewell shows in Sweden and in the U.S. in 2003, TOTALITÄR decided to do one final recording and album- “VI ÄR ELITEN” (We are the Elite) which features 17 tracks. A combustive steamroller of their trademark desperate angry vocals, pounding rhythm section and searing guitar leads, their third full length album is one of their finest. Mastered at Fantasy Studios, the first pressing of the LP comes in a deluxe old-style gatefold jacket. TOTALITÄR have shared split singles with two of the U.S. ‘s best known and loved underground hardcore punk bands, DROPDEAD and TRAGEDY, and have released two LP’s and two 45’s on Prank previously. They are a continued critics and cult favorite among hardcore punk circles, as Bruce Roehrs from MAXIMUM ROCK’N’ ROLL put it “If you don’t like Totalitär, you don’t have a punk bone in your body”. Download: "Vi Ar Eliten" MP3 |
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WORD SALAD "Death March 2000" from Prank BUY CD • $7.00 A total eardrum detonation, hyperactive hardcore force—WORD SALAD present a frantic explosion of spastic metallic hardcore—boiling with off time oddball complexity reminiscent of ACCUSED or SEPTIC DEATH or any of the late '80's "speedcore" greats. Ten tracks of frustration and anger and the darker moments of incomprehension in those feelings, this is not one for the timid. Recorded by Dan Rathbun at Polymorph Studios in Oakland, the CD includes their two Prank 7”s, plus an extra track. Band members currently play in WATCH THEM DIE. Download: "Its A Wonderful Life" MP3 |
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WORD SALAD "Electric Funeral" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.60 |
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WORD SALAD "Specimen" from Prank BUY 7" • $2.60 |
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WORLD BURNS TO DEATH "Cease To Exist" from Prank BUY DVD • $11.50 **THIS DVD IS REGION-FREE** Metallic punk hammered out with raw hardcore fury, World Burns To Death's "Cease to Exist" is the companion piece to their recent "Totalitarian Sodomy" LP. This DVD combines the audio from the LP with additional sounds and syncing it with live video from their appearance and performance of the LP tracks at the 924 Gilman Prank Records ten year anniversary show in 2005 as well as Texas live shows. Shot with multiple camera angles and extensively edited and altered over the last two years, the live footage is combined with collage and found elements. The DVD further underlines the stark and brutal vision of the band's lyrics, with a visual aesthetic akin to the early 80's UK industrial scene, a la Whitehouse, Nurse With Wound, etc... as well as the bombastic energy of classic punk videos... it is gritty, grainy, kinetic, monochromatic, and sure to leave a lasting impression seared into one's psyche. "Totalitarian Sodomy" was a stark treatise on the sensless repetition of historical genocide, and with that, this DVD is not for the weak stomached. Always pushing barriers with their outlandish and severe record covers, this visually falls in line artistically on that point. The DVD is initially limited to 1,000 copies in a deluxe hard-bound leathette DVD case with foil stamped exterior. |
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WORLD BURNS TO DEATH "Human Meat Tossed to the Dogs of War" from Prank BUY 7" • $3.00 Re-pressed on new CLEAR VINYL! Blasting thrash ferocity out of Austin, Texas, WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are a vicious band featuring members of SEVERED HEAD OF STATE and SCORCHED EARTH POLICY. Ram-charging a raw Japanese punk influenced sound, an intense punk declaration against the insanity of war. |
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WORLD BURNS TO DEATH "The Art of Self-Destruction" from Prank 7" temporarily out of stock On RED vinyl! |
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WORLD BURNS TO DEATH "The Graveyard of Utopia" from Prank BUY LP • $9.00 Searing guitars, a thundering and rapid fire drum pound, and harsh vocals spitting forth a brutal vision: this third LP from Austin, Texas's WORLD BURNS TO DEATH further evolves and refines their trademark sound as dark, ramcharging ultra-punk comes full circle... Here is the speed and severity of their debut 45's AND the refinement, heaviness and precision of their two previous landmark albums on Hardcore Holocaust Records. "The Graveyard Of Utopia" was tracked initially in Tokyo, Japan after the WB2D 2007 Japanese tour at the legendary OUR HOUSE studios (where a majority of the classic Tokyo hardcore records have been recorded since the 1980's), with final recording tweaks and mixing done at THE BUBBLE in Austin (who have recorded everything from BUILT TO SPILL and THE MEAT PUPPETS to SIGNAL LOST's 'Prosthetic Screams"). The result is the band's strongest offering to date. Studio time in Tokyo allowed for guest appearances from luminaries from the Japanese Punk scene - with backing vocals from Ishiya FORWARD and Iizawa BASTARD/JUDGEMENT, as well as guest guitar solos from Souichi FORWARD and Keiro AKUTARE and Chelsea DEATHSIDE/PAINTBOX. Studio time in Austin allowed for backing vocals from Ashley SIGNAL LOST. While WB2D's lyrics have always been caged in historical reference, the theme of this LP is rooted in the failures, disasters and massacres of the Soviet State apparatus. This is a split release between Prank and Japanese label HG FACT, with them handling the CD version and Prank releasing the vinyl. WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are currently preparing for their first tour of Europe, hitting four major punk festivals across Continental Europe and Scandinavia in a whirlwind two weeks. Making punk happen indeed! (HEAVY WEIGHT LP SLEEVES + 12 PAGE BOOKLET) |
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