Contravene - Early Discography

If you've already got the "A Call To Action" LP and the "Prison Sells" EP, by adding this to your collection, you'll have the complete discography from these Arizona anarcho crust lords (there's also a demo tape I haven't heard in years with a Dirt cover, but those songs are on this album, and better quality). Much more raw than their later recordings, but still displaying the amazing musicianship you find in their other records. Omega Tribe and Doom covers. Awesome !!!

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Ambition Mission - Discography

Pre-This Is My Fist pop punk to the max!!! This is the complete discography of one of Chicago's finest late 90s punk bands. Dance your ass off to their catchy tunes! There's even a Hickey cover!!! Awesome? Yes. Tell your friends.

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Black Flag - My War

Black Flag's 2nd LP. Fucking amazing. The A side sounds a lot like the Damaged years. Good shit.. but the last 3 tracks on the B side are what you should be writing home about. Those doomy, gloomy, Sabbath influenced tracks would go on to influence bands like The Melvins. Play it loud. They do.

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$ETH! - Acoustic Rage

So, for all y'all that are into folk punk, here's $ETH!'s first 7'', Acoustic Rage. It's from '93, so it doesn't sound like Against Me! or Defiance, Ohio! or whatever the fuck you're used to (I like them, too. I won't make fun). It's a little more primitive than that. Not as developed. A bit more honest in some ways. I'm posting this 7'' in hopes that someone knows how I can get a hold of his later albums. They have them on Interpunk, but I don't have a credit card, and I won't be at my address for much longer, so that isn't much of an option at the time. The records I speak of are called "The First Snack" and "A Rehearsal For The Great Uprising", the latter being a masterpiece, but both beautiful in their own ways. Any help would be greatly appreciated in finding these:


"The First Snack"

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"A Rehearsal For The Great Uprising"

Unfortunately, Seth passed away a few years back, so he wasn't able to continue his project. What could have developed had he lived to go on? His last record came out in 2001, around the same time Against Me!'s early EPs were released. At that time, he had a good 10 or more years under his belt. More than Tom Gabel does now, and he never compromised the integrity of his music. "A Rehearsal For The Great Uprising," in my honest opinion, was his epitaph, and I assure you I will post it as soon as I acquire said recording. And I will. These records meant a lot to me when I was around graduating age in high school, and though I never knew him in his life, I knew his music, and I know how it has influenced me, even to this day.

Acoustic Rage:

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This is Seth's other band, Garblecrat. I don't know much about them, but they're also very passionate. Somewhat poppy plugged in punk rock, but mostly sounds like $ETH!.

Garblecrat:

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On another note, I'm planning on starting another blog. One for DIY punk bands, demos, friends, ect. Look forward to that in the future.

Om - God Is Good

The latest release from Om. They've stepped it up with the instrumentation on this album with flute, piano, and some probably eastern stringed instruments I can't identify due to my lack of knowledge on the subject. Very complex, but still very Om. Cremation Ghat I is sick. I'm telling you, that bass line won't leave your head for a minute. Om is Good.

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Om - Gebel Barkal

This is the first Om release with Emil Amos on drums. Very powerful track. By the 2nd half of the 7'' you'll understand how vital Emil Amos has become to the creation of the music. His hypnotic rolls fused with heavily repetetive beats adds a unique quality to what's already one of the most unique bands to come out of the early 90s stoner metal scene. Excellent!

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Om / Six Organs Of Admittance Split

This 7'' really nails it, I'm serious.The Om track almost starts off like air raid sirens on bass. One of their shorter, four and a half minute long tracks, but still delivers in the riff department. The Six Organs Of Admittance track is also pretty sick. I hadn't heard them until I got this split, but in a similar vein as Om, they're mysterious and hypnotic. The vocals are eerie and weird, and the layers of intstruments that don't really seem to be playing in the same, or any key, add something unsettling and scary to their track. Your sub woofers won't stop rumbling until it's over, I swear.

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