Kaiboushitsu

Fronted by long-serving Japanese punker and demi-god of crust, Crow (masked+listed under a pseudonym) and named for a Stalin song, Kaiboushitsu play dark old school hardcore punk.



The band's name translates as the 'dissection room' and their lyrics are a combination of splatter & sex: this was released on HG fact in 2009. Buy here.

CRANIUM CRANIUM CRANIUM

Death Comes Along : Psychedelic Inferno

(the mighty Crow himself, and yes, this is the cover.)

Fronted by Crow of the eponymous titans of crust; Death Comes Along are an odd by-blow of an orgy of genres.  The dedication on their 1st lp read:

Funeral March for Amebix, The Mob, Dirt, Antisect, Crude SS, May Blitz, Flower Travellin’ Band, Diamanda Galas, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Amon Duul, Black Sabbath and German Oak.

Which should give some idea what to expect.  The four tracks jump from a long brutal psych jam to a few minutes of breathy whisperings, then into another long track, this one an unrelieved feedback drone, which bleeds into a morose refrain topped with throat singing and buzzing bees: the first and the last at least are pretty damn good.



PSYCHEDELIC INFERNO

ANARCHY CHAOS DESTRUCTION

Crow are a heavy metallic crusty smashing machine; they've been at it since days of yore and have only gotten better. I'm posting their Bloody Tear release for two reasons even though it's been about the internets.

I. I like it a lot, and if I didn't post stuff I like a lot, then what would be the point of all this anyhow?

II. All the digital permutations I've seen of this have been horribly tagged; multiple tracks called Japanese Title, no track numbers etc... Anyway, this is a rip of the CD release on Mangrove, and I've tagged all the tracks with their Japanese name, transliterated name, and translated name.

In any case, Crow are sick. Download this now if you don't have it.


BLOODY TEAR (CD)