This time around, diving into the seedy underbelly of Southern California punk and hardcore, the Venice crossover scene. We're going the distance with this one, all the best shit from the Venice Suicidal set... tried to be as thorough as I could but still leave room for your own discovery. Everything here rips; totally crucial, totally essential. Get into it.

WASTED YOUTH - Fuck Authority... Tormented... Good Day for a Hanging

BEOWULF - Down Til Dead... Flare

EXCEL - Split Image... Make Up Your Mind

NO MERCY - My Own Way of Life

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - I Shot the Devil... Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

THE BROOD - Call of the Dog

UNCLE SLAM - The Prophecy... Will Work for Food

DR KNOW - Fear of War... The Unknown... Slice of Life

NEGATIVE SELF - Negative Self

I've got no particular theme this time around, so this is just a disjointed jumble of a lotta shit that I've been stuck on as of late. I try to cover the gamut of styles you're likely to catch me vibing to, so it's a bit spread out, but all fricking solid. Not a weak record in the bunch so I hope that you all find something that you can latch onto and dig, or at the very least enjoy the ride regardless. You're gonna encounter some scathing heavy metal, UK crust, Greek anarcho goodness, singalong oi! and some all around heavy goodness, so I hope you're ready to dive in!

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Long one here, folks... covering the gamut of a bunch of death metal that I feel like doesn't get its just due. The bands covered here span the map and all draw on seemingly different styles and atmospheres but they all rule and I urge you to dive deeper into their catalogs.

Playlist:

MANGLED TORSOS "Drawings of the Dead"

KRABATHOR "Body as a Cover"

LEMMING PROJECT "Hysteria"

ANASARCA "I Will Not Be Broken"

INIQUITY "Spectral Scent"

MASTIC SCUM "Imminent Obscurity"

OPPRESSOR "As Blood Flows"

PARAMÆCIUM "Injudicial"

KAAMOS "THERIOMORPHIC PANDÆMONIUM"

Taking a break from the usual shenanigans for an impromptu seasonal special because I love Halloween and want to share some cuts that evoke the spirit of the holiday en masse. We'll be back in a week or two with more topical content, but for now enjoy the ride presented to you here. It's a playlist that bridges the gaps between hesh and black fucking metal, doom and gloom and high octane punk anthems with some industrial and atmospheric flourishes thrown in for good measure. This one's all over the place, people, and I hope gets you in that spooky mindset like it does me.

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In this installment we dive into the early scene from the former Czechoslovakia. So many young and raw artists playing their renditions of evil metal that it was hard narrowing down my choices, though ultimately, as I repeat often in this episode, it’s all a subjective crapshoot anyway. My choices aren’t necessarily indicative of “the best” the country had to offer, just those that I wanted to talk about most.

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