REVIEWS FROM S,F+L # 23

LAST BREATH INTERVIEWS

I've been interviewed for Last Breath...

REVIEW FROM N.Z.'S SCANNER ZINE

COFFEE RAGE/ SICK/TIRED - Mad Blasts Of Chaos Vol. 2 {Idoneum Bello} This noxious 11-track 7" should come with a health warning! From the opening squelch of feedback that heralds COFFEE RAGE’s ‘Never Restrictions’, you find yourself in a world of hellacious Hardcore, inflammable thrash (that a disease??!) and explosive Crust-tinged Punk. New Zealand’s COFFEE RAGE pummel with seven tracks that borrow heavily from ‘Why’era DISCHARGE while throwing in the sounds of KAAOS/ RIISTETYT Finnish Punk to create thrashing, convulsive HC. Highlight lays in ‘Passing Shot At The Jesus Kids’, although the disdain of ‘Avalanche Of Shit’ comes a close second. Yanks SICK/TIRED belch up four tracks that some how mangle early CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ‘core, the unhinged craziness of IRON LUNG and MISERY’s corrosive Crust to make something intense, scornful and gut wrenching. As with all Idoneum Bello releases I’ve seen, this comes in an excellent sleeve complete with inserts. Blazing stuff; the House Of Scanner cat, in his eagerness to escape COFFEE RAGE’s Dischargian wail, first defecated on the carpet and then launched itself at the neighbour’s Pit Bull. And the cat tore the fucker to shreds with this baby acting as the soundtrack. Intense? You fucking betcha! (09.09.10)

REVIEWS FROM S,F+L # 22

SICK/TIRED - HIGH LIFE 12" OUT ON TO LIVE A LIE!

DeKalb's SICK/TIRED have released their 1st full-length on TO LIVE A LIE RECORDS (it was supposed to be released on COALITION RECORDS but COALITION has gone belly up). as I was a little bit involved in putting out their debut split 7" my opinion could be seen as a bit prejudiced... anyway, believe it or not the 12", which is called HIGH LIFE is a fucking ripper! I knew that already before I got a physical copy of the record cause the tracks were all recorded in the same session than the 4 tracks on the split 7" and Kirk had sent the whole session my way quite some time ago and which lead to their appearance in the MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS series. the 12" is available in 3 different colors: black, red (ltd. to 100 copies) and gray (ltd. to 22 copies). as you can see on the pics below Kirk was kind enough to send me one of the 22 gray copies. as I haven't seen a physical copy on red I don't know if the red ones also come with a certificate like that you can see below which came with my gray one. the artwork of the cover and the inlay is also totally rad! seriously, in my opinion SICK/TIRED are one of the best bands around right now and if you like your HARDCORE fast and furious you should do yourself a favor and get yourself a copy of HIGH LIFE! you can check out one track here.

REVIEWS FROM PLASTIC BOMB # 70

SICK/TIRED - LIVE @ 7TH STREET SPACE

SICK/TIRED playing at the 7th Street Space in DeKalb, Illinois. 02/19/2010

COFFEE RAGE - NEEDLES IN EYES 3" - DOWNLOAD

the guys over at TROUBLE ON YOUR SYSTEM have posted a rip of COFFEE RAGE's sweet & neat 3" E.P. - download now!

Next we have Coffee Rage's "Needles in Eyes" 3" released last year on Idoneum Bello. Mat went ahead and gave me the green light on posting this since very few were made (30 copies I believe, 10 with white covers). I also have to hand it to him...this record is neat as hell (packaging and all), and I have never once seen a 3" record before now. Coffee Rage serve up 3 tracks of raw and thrashing hc on this record. If you've heard them before, then you know to expect some unrelenting and vicious tunes here! Also, check out their split 7" with Sick/Tired that can be purchased from Idoneum Bello here. And if you would like, you can check out the post I made rambling about how good it is here. Enjoy!

Tracks:

01. Needles in Eyes
02. Get Your Dose of Fuck Off
03. Live Like Devil







Label: Idoneum Bello
Released: 2009
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?3hyydy01vzy

SICK/TIRED - 12 TRACK DEMO

Kirk will probably hate me for this post but I just can't resist temptation! I recently stumbled across the SICK/TIRED 12 track demo on a blog that Kirk refused to send me cause it is so poorly recorded. well, I don't know if it's poorly recorded or if it's just the poor 128 k/bits rip but if you click on the pic you can d/l it and decide for yourself!

I.B.R. IN 2010

in case you want to know what to expect from I.B.R. in 2010 here's a list of things that will happen in the near (and nost so near) future and a list of things that I'd like to do / am working on which either aren't confirmed yet or are just something I'm thinking about but haven't made a final decision. I maybe should tell you that the label is on a short hiatus right now cause I've to sort some shit out first before I can continue. I hope that everything is sorted out 3 to 4 days after the holidays. cause I got some releases sitting here that would be 100% ready to go. anyway, please keep in mind that it's a pretty incomplete list and that those records most likely also won't be released in the order as they are listed below. here you go:

NEW ZEALAND HC COMPILATION TAPE will be a pro-done tape that will feature ROGERNOMIX, GAWJ, CRAWLER, ENTRAILS, DRUG PROBLEM and others.

MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. III a.k.a. DISTÄTE (U.K.) / DEMON CITY REAPER (Russia) - SPLIT 7"

MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. IV a.k.a. ENTRAILS (N.Z.) / GOOD THINGS(Canada) - SPLIT 7"

DISTÄTE 1st E.P.

V/A - THE NEWPHEM OF BLLLEEEEARRRRGGGHH COMPILATION 5" ever seen a compilation 5"? me neither therefore I'll do one myself. not many confirmed bands yet!

DEMON CITY REAPER - N.W.O.A.M.P. DEMO 7"

ABORTED CHRISTIANS / GAWJ - SPLIT 5"

RUIDO - EARLY DISCOGRAPHY 12"

NOISECAT 1st E.P.

and maybe stuff from the following bands: HOSTILE LIFE, ROGERNOMIX, DRUG PROBLEM, ELECTRIC MAYHEM, DEVIL...

SHORTLIVED - RADIO INTERVIEW

here's a SHORTLIVED radio interview they did in New Zealand a short time before they toured Europe!

A NEW SPLIT

FUCK YOGA REC. and I.B.R. are sharing a flier. click to enlarge!

and here's another review of the MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. II split 7" taken from TROUBLE ON YOUR SYSTEM:

So, no download link this time...only my two cents on why this 7" rules and why you should snag a copy immediately. This is the second installment in the Mad Blasts of Chaos series released by Idoneum Bello Records, featuring two killer bands...Sick/Tired from the states (Illinois to be exact) and Coffee Rage from New Zealand. Sick/Tired serve up 4 vicious tracks of raging fast thrash/hardcore and feature ex-members of several other top notch bands including MK-Ultra, Right to Remain, Exalted and Weekend Nachos to name a few. Coffee Rage, who share members with Gawj and Asscharger, keep the momentum rolling with 7 tracks of raw and energetic hardcore. Seriously, both bands kill their side with fast and gritty guitar execution and punishing vocals...not letting up for a single second. Anyways, if my word isn't enough to spark your interest...check out the tracks posted on Sick/Tired's MySpace page (a few of which can be found on this split), and also check out Coffee Rage's 8 track demo CD-R released back in '07 here. Copies available on clear and black vinyl (not sure how many of each), and also comes with a bunch of extra goodies pictured below.

IDONEUM BELLO REC. 011.5 - HOSTILE LIFE - SKATEFUCKED E.P. CD-R

the German version of HOSTILE LIFE's SKATEFUCKED E.P. is finally good to go. 6 tracks of old-school sounding HARDCORE that has a thrashy edge. as said earlier the tape was done by TO LIVE A LIE & RAWER BREATH REC. and the description on the RAWER BREATH website said that: "This is old people-hatin', authority-questionin', triple-impossible-pullin', daily routine-dreadin' hardcore that makes you think it's the 80's again. But don't be fooled! This shit is hot off the presses. And it's awesome." which is a pretty good sum up I'd say. anyways, Winnipeg's HOSTILE LIFE are another sweet Canadian band to be reckoned with!

prices are: Germany: 4,00 € pp / Europe: 5,50 € pp / World: 8,00 € pp

paypal or well hidden cash (at your own risk!)

REVIEWS FROM SHORT, FAST + LOUD

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TOP TEN FROM MRR # 319

MALPARDIDO!, PARTY BY THE SLICE, DISCONNECTED & WASTELAND even made it into the MRR top ten!

NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWSFLASH/NEWS

• the 1st HOSTILE LIFE SKATEFUCKED CD-Rs will be sent out at the end of next week.

• MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. III a.k.a. DISTÄTE & DEMON CITY REAPER split 7" is ready to hit the pressing plant.

• there'll be a pro done New Zealand tape compilation that most likely will feature unreleased tracks from: GAWJ, ABORTED CHRISTIANS, MALPARIDO!, WASTELAND, ELECTRIC MAYHEM, CRAWLER, DRUG PROBLEM, CONNIPTION, ENTRAILS & ROGERNOMIX

REVIEWS FROM MRR # 319

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DISCONNECTED - LIVE IN TOLEDO, OHIO 01/11/209

DISCONNECTED live in Toledo, Ohio on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Songs: Kiss Your Gun, He Gets What He Gets and Hooker Pride. Additional witty stage banter thrown in for seasoning. A ladyfriend of the band was playing with a brand new digital camera seeing what it could do. The video isn't the best, but it came out alot better than expected considering how loud we play and the lack of proper stage lighting.

MALPARIDO! TEARING IT UP LIVE

MALPARIDO! = New Zealand CRUDOS worshiping

SCOTIA WIDOWS a.k.a. AMISH SLUTS

SCOTIA WIDOWS is another band that Kirk of SICK/TIRED plays in. if you expect them to be another FASTCORE / HARDCORE band like MK-ULTRA, SICK/TIRED, etc. let me tell you: you are wrong! in Kirk's own words: "Scotia Widows is basically me from mk-ultra with the drummer and guitarist from Pedestrians and the girl singing is from a lesser known chicago band called Venom Lords. Also, the "male" vocals are me singing. We have gotten comparisons to old Dangerhouse bands and Husker Du. It seems like a fair comparison." I guess I agree. but nevertheless SCOTIA WIDOWS are still a strange beast as there are some points where music and vocals seem to so far apart from one another that this must also be the reason that they still connect somehow. as I got a weak spot for female vocals I like it a lot! the physical copies of the CD-R were ltd. to 100 if you didn't get one click the pic for an mp3 rip of the demo.

OUT SOON: IDONEUM BELLO REC. 011.5 - HOSTILE LIFE - SKATEFUCKED E.P. CD-R IS COMING SOON!

this is how the cover of the European CD-R version of HOSTILE LIFE's SKATEFUCKED tape will look like. it will be a vinyl CD-R and most likely HOSTILE LIFE will be stamped on it... but who knows? maybe there will be different kinds CDs... and as we're speaking of HOSTILE LIFE - they got a blog of their own!

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN...

Sam has sent me some more copies of SHORTLIVED's self-released debut 12" which just had a print-run of 200 copies if I'm not mistaken. 14 tracks of great DROPDEAD styled HARDCORE in 13 min 33 sec.! the 12" comes in a thick screen-printed cardboard cover with lyric sheet and an extra sheet that has some cut & paste artwork. if you like music that's fast & vicious do yourself a favor and contact me.

ABORTED CHRISTIANS - LIVE 11/07/09

the recordings for the ABORTED CHRISTIANS & GAWJ - split 5" are also nearly finished! they need some mastering though. in case you're curious what to expect check out the ABORTED CHRISTIANS live footage on youtube.

IDONEUM BELLO REC. 011.5 - HOSTILE LIFE - SKATEFUCKED E.P. CD-R IS COMING SOON!

HOSTILE LIFE's SKATEFUCKED E.P. will be released as a tape in the U.S. by the band with help from RAWER BREATH REC. and TO LIVE A LIE REC. in Europe however I'll help them out and put the 6 tracks on a (vinyl) CD-R which will be housed in a DVD case. I don't know how the tapes are handled but the CD-Rs will be ltd. to 100 copies and will come with the usual gimicks like a lyricsheet and whatnot (maybe with buttons and/or patches) and of course have a printed cover.

GAWJ

have a sweet new blog entry:

Gawj ep available now.

So the 7" is available in 3 different variations while stock lasts.

Get it from http://shop.nowayout.co.nz (in Europe you can get it from PER KORO or me in the U.S. in a few days INTERPUNK may be your best bet for the start)

Also cool reviews in Maximum Rock'nRoll and on the Punkas website.

Also stop the friend requests, if we want to be your buddy we'll fucking ask you. All requests will be deleted. We don't like you, we certainly don't like your shit band and we don't give a fuck about your upcoming shows.

Gawj are also not playing live for the forseeable future.

edit: here's another review from SCANNER zine...

GÄWJ - So Far Away From Giving A Fuck We Can’t Be Seen {Idoneum Bello} Ever wonder what it’s like to have your face burnt off while simultaneously being ripped a new arsehole? Wonder no more because New Zealand’s very own GÄWJ will sort both issues out! This is a trip-to-hell 15-track 7" pressed on resplendent white vinyl that melds the spastic blur of the most ferocious Japanese HC (think LIP CREAM), a WARCOLLAPSE-esque Crust vocal assault and some down-tuned Metal riffage to create a noise that is guaranteed to dissolve the bowel of any Gaslight Anthem fan at 50 paces. The opening squeal of feedback heralds one of the highlights, ‘Buried Under 1000 Years Of Shit’. The feedback continues to assail the ears between every track with ‘Roadside Slaughter’ and ‘All Burn Together’ being other notables. Packaging is top stuff too with a fold out poster, inner sleeve and full lyrics. I personally could’ve done without so much Metal in the sound, but when a track like ‘Fuck Your World’ hits, then all is fine by me! (11.10.09)

GAWJ REVIEW FROM PUNK AS

Hamilton band Gawj may have flown under most radars, but that's probably the way they want it. Don't believe that? Maybe the title of their latest vinyl 7" will give it away � the charmingly named, So Far Away From Giving A Fuck That We Can't Be Seen. I actually have a CD-R version to review with no tracklist and has two six-and-a-half-minute tracks on it, even though the 7" apparently contains 15 songs packed into those 13 minutes. So forgive the lack of individual song mentions, but in the case of So Far Away..., it probably is not required in any case. This is a ferocious barrage of a release, the songs racing past at breakneck speed and full intensity all the way through. There is not the slightest concession to verses and choruses or, fuck it, even melodies. This is about mainlining despair and aggression in the purest way possible. Drums clatter frenetically, guitars feedback and vocals shriek incomprehensibly. Easy listening, this ain't. In spite of all that, while the intensity never lulls, Gawj introduce a fair amount of variety into their work. Tempo changes, samples, groove variation and more mean there is more to chew on here than sheer ferocity. If there is a criticism, it may be that Gawj have not forged their own unique sound; this release sounds like a number of other bands. But when they're doing it as well as this, who really cares? A take-no-prisoners 'fuck off' statement as blunt as its title, So Far Away From Giving A Fuck That We Can't Be Seen is a short, sharp shock meant for the die-hard fans of the genre.

IDONEUM BELLO REC. 011 - MALPARIDO & PARTY BY THE SLICE - SPLIT 7"

PARTY BY THE SLICE are Milwaukee's crushing d-beating, pizza eating, HARDCORE ripping jerks that played in KUNG-FU RICK, GET RAD, PROTESTANT and other bands before . Very much a faster version of the crusty bands you love. Talented, attractive and tougher than leather. MALPARIDO! represents the great country of New Zealand but blasts those sheepsheering stereotypes out of the water which is no big surprise as MALPARIDO! is Chris from COFFEE RAGE, Tony from DRUG PROBLEM, James from DRUG PROBLEM & SHORTLIVED and Carlos who runs EL PASO RECORDS. Non-stop CRUDOS worship blasting incl. lyrics in Spanish. This was released together with other labels as TO LIVE A LIE, EL PASO, HALO OF FLIES, UNITED BLASPHEMY and others. Comes on grey marbled vinyl!

PLASTIC BOMB REVIEWS

THE 1st COFFEE RAGE & SICK/TIRED SPLIT 7" a.k.a. MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. II REVIEW

Sick/Tired rocks on the flip side of punk/metal collaboration

By CONNOR RICE

Last updated on 08/26/2009 at 10:35 p.m.

Sick/Tired 4/5 stars
Coffee Rage 2.5/5 stars

The history of punk rock music is laden with bands that, unable to afford putting out a record themselves, seek out another band to split the costs and resulting album with.

DeKalb punk/metal band “Sick/Tired” was recently fortunate enough to do just that, recording a split seven-inch vinyl record with New Zealand punk band “Coffee Rage.” Assembled by Idoneum Bello Records from Germany, “Sick/Tired” and “Coffee Rage” have managed to collaborate on one of the best records to have a local band’s name on it in a long time.

The first side of this record is by “Sick/Tired.” Formed only last year, this is the group’s first time on record. These guys may get lumped into the “grindcore” or “powerviolence” subcategories of music, but apparently refuse to limit themselves to just one label.

In just four blistering tracks, the band proves that short and simple songs can have just as much of an impact as any double-album rock opera. By laying on plenty of R-rated lyrics, and alternating between furious thrash metal and slow, catchy jams, “Sick/Tired” has managed to put together a hook-filled record that sets them far apart from their often untalented peers. This side is perfect for people with short attention spans and a taste for intense music.

“Coffee Rage” from New Zealand is the band on the flip side of this record. Formed in 2007, broken up by late 2008, and re-formed earlier this year, the band contributed a seven-song long attack to this venture. Loaded with non-stop drumbeats and depressing yet comical lyrics, these recordings yield a solid effort of no real note. The band does not try to re-invent the wheel, but they do what they do and they do it well.

The first track, “Never Restrictions”, set the bar fairly high for the rest of the songs. Sadly, they only reach that peak, never moving past it and often only imitating it. The first few listens prove to be enjoyable, but it soon feels like it’s time to move on. The clever wordplay in the lyrics only maintains its novelty for so long without catchy riffs to back them up.

Overall, this record was pretty great. “Sick/Tired” delivers an amazing onslaught of riff-heavy hardcore punk that should have taken up the whole record, while “Coffee Rage”, though talented, fail to make any real impression on the listener. If you like fast, raging punk and metal (and own a record player), check out their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/sicktiredthrash to get more info on how to obtain a record.

MRR REVIEWS

SNEAK PREVIEW ON M.B.O.C. VOL. I & II

click the covers to download 1 track of each band!

SICK/TEESHIRTS

SICK/TIRED shirts will be available in a few days! the shirts are all black and the available sizes will be: M, L and XL but as we didn't order that many and most of them will go to the U.S. anyway you better be quick in case you want one! in case you are from the U.S. you are probably better off if you contact SICK/TIRED for a shirt.

edit: if you need cheap T-shirts and/or sickers for your band or whatever drop me a line cause I might be able to help you!

10 € / 12 € postpaid (Europe/World)

HERE WE GO!

MAD BLASTS OF CHAOS VOL. I & II are ready to go! they just need to be assembled and then they'll be sent off! both come sealed with an obi-strip and stickers of each band! M.B.O.C. VOL. I = 500 copies all black M.B.O.C. VOL. II = 900 copies on black vinyl & 103 copies on clear vinyl