The Cattle

The Cattle was a short lived project constructed by Rich Perusi of The Dedication & Sex Positions fame.  I guess you can call this his brainchild band where he not only covers vocal duties, he added some of his own skills on guitar, bass and drums.  Brad Wallace (Transistor Transistor & Orchid) plays a good chunk of the guitar and I believe some of the other dudes spent time in Perusi's previous bands.  These guys have quite a different sound.  It's a some-what lo-fi, surfy, noisy, rock punk mix with addition of some keyboards and mixing.  I'd say it's more on the experimental punk side of things but it is pretty damn catchy and fun at the same time.  These guys only released a Self-Titled CDep which is posted below.  Snag it up Y'all...Rock On...Dig.

Self Titled CDep (2004)

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Haxan

Haxan. Super mysterious disgusting black metal from nowhere. Limited to only 120 copies from Youth Attack. I've seen this record go for over $100. Crazy. This is the only thing Haxan has done. I would like to have more but I guess having limited quantities of one release adds to the mystery. The YA write up is as follows: Hark! The eclipse of your optimism is upon you! of your hopeful ambitions and good fortune, say goodbye. Admit the mysterious HAXAN as the embodiment of bitter isolation suffocating your doomed, fruitless existence. It is only through this admittance of total nihilistic hopelessness that record collecting appears as essentially crucial as this. Do not despair. While you’re here suffering, let it possess your soul. Scathing, obscure, and violent art. 

Dig, if you can handle this.

Self-Titled 12"

Luciation

Luciation is a danish black metal band. Luciation is dark, intense, and evil as fuck. Regress Zine did an awesome interview with them and these guys are no joke. They worship Satan more than you could worship anything. "We see it [Luciation] as pure demonic possessions and it comes out different every time." When asked about the recording process they said, "When we record we are mostly in a sort of trance and often drugged to come closer to the unreal dimension, every Luciation is first take, again to come closer to the pureness of possessions." 

........Just Dig!

I couldn't find all of their releases so I uploaded what I can find. If anyone has links to the other releases hit me up!

 Infernalistic Flames of Luciftias

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Panoptical Mycosis/Luciation- Sessions from Lejre

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Occultious Inlightmentsasion

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Satanaelic Bloodgasm Ritual

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Darkened Apocalyptic Goat Ritual

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I'm missing: Vig Bort demo, Ancient Ways of Evil Darkness demo, Inferioria Devolo Demergi demo, Seperted Phlegmation of Deadborns demo, Live in Snoldelev, and Manifestation in Unholy Blackness full length.

Listener

Listener is a spoken-word or talk music band from Arkansas. Dan Smith speaks in passionate blurts, plays trumpet, bass, and additional instruments while Christin Nelson serenade's us with guitar and multiple instruments (one being a washer that he beats with a baseball bat). If you download some of their stuff, go into it with an open mind. The music has an indie western feel, but Smith's spoken-word is rough around the edges. His words are beautiful, poetic, and full of subtext. Take the time to let it grow on you because you won't be disappointed.  

Releases missing:

Whispermoon

Listener And Dust- Just In Time For Christmas

Talk Music

For fans of: Modest Mouse, & Bob Dylan

Wooden Heart

Not Waving Drowning

Train Songs

Return To Struggleville

Ozark Empire
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Here's a video of Listener. If you can get into this, you'll probably dig the rest of their stuff.

Drag Me To Hell

Drag Me To Hell is a one man black metal punk project straight out of the deep dark hole of New Hampshire. Super mysterious and super limited because I forgot how many I made... I mean.... Dig!

Demo Cassette (2011)
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Death Cult Suicide

Death Cult Suicide is a blown out, fuzzed out, raw as fuck, black metal behemoth from the mastermind behind Grinning Death's Head. What else do you need to know? Nothing? Good because that's all you get.  Dig!

Demo I

Death Evocation

 The Boston area's Death Evocation is a fierce and beefed up blend of crossover metallic hardcore that will split the earth's crust.  These heavy hitters blend gargantuan riffs with loud, war-like drums, girthy bass and vicious female fronted vocals.  Similar to some older European metal and punk complete with chugs and epic guitar solos that's sure to impress.  Download their Self Titled 7" below and DIG!

-Members Also Play(ed) In:  Ampere, Mind Eraser, The Rival Mob, Torrington, Siamese Twins & Foreign Objects

-For Fans Of:  Obliteration, Slayer & Iron Age

Self Titled 7" (2011)

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King Generator

King Generator is a thrashy hardcore punk super-group consisting of former and current members of such acts as Anodyne, Versoma, Tombs, Shank, Municipal Waste, Discordance Axis, Human Remains and so many more.  This trio has blessed us only with a single-sided LP that rips so hard.  It's a mean, raw, fast, dirty and super-rad 8 minutes of violent hardcore bliss that's rowdy as all hell.

-For Fans Of:  Capitalist Casualties, Rosenbombs, Needles & Party By The Slice

Self Titled 12" EP (2008)

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Iron Age

Iron Age is a brutally awesome crossover thrash/hardcore monster from Texas.  Loaded with endless amounts of monumental riffs, thunderous drums, super-down-tuned bass and howling vocals that will make you bang your head through the wall with a smile on your face.  It's straight-up shredding, thrashing, growling, shrieking and jammin' like fuckin' pro's!  Discography's Below.....Dig.

-For Fans Of:  Obliteration, S.O.D, Cro-Mags & Death Evocation

The Saga Demo's 2x7" (2011)

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The Sleeping Eye LP (2009)

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The Way Is Narrow 7" (2008)

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Constant Struggle LP (2006)

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Demo Cassette (2005)

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Call Her Alaska

These guys were nothing close to your everyday run of the mill indie band. Their songs have Catchy and pretty parts with soft mesmerizing vocals throughout, but Call Her Alaska throw in edgier hooks along with some harsher singing. It's a little bit of everything for anyone who takes the time to listen, and they're just as tight live. When you were at a CHA show, you needed to do two things: grab a friend and sing-along. The first 7 tracks is their self-titled EP, and the last two are vocal demos. CHA has a couple of acoustic versions of the EP songs floating around, but I'm pretty sure this is every song they wrote. Huge thanks goes out to Cam from Old Gray for hooking me up with these tracks.

*First vocal demo track is "Windows Down" and "Ala Away" combined, and it's just a little rougher than the final version. The last track is "36 Hours", a song CHA never re-recorded afterward, which is also a little rougher than the EP songs. 

Members are/were in:  The Big Sky, 6:37 & Larry Bird 

For fans of:  The Appleseed Cast, Brand New & Larry Bird

Self Titled EP + Vocal Demo's

HAVE FUN

Have Fun is a shotgun blast of good ole' powerviolence hailing from Manchesney Park, IL.  Only lasting from 2007-2009, these dudes spit out some classic rippers in vein of Infest and Crossed Out.  These jams are non-stop, aggressive, angry and all-around fun.  I posted everything I could find from them below.  DIG!

-For Fans Of:  Spazz, Knuckle Scraper, SFN & Scapegoat

Deep Shit Split 7"

(Have Fun Tracks Only)

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Self Titled 7"

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Self Titled LP

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2007 Demo Cassette

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