Dystopia

Dystopia were a three-piece crust punk/sludge metal band from Orange County, California that were active from 1991 to 2008. They released three full-lengths, a demo, an EP, and a handful of splits, most of which came out in the 90's. Their first (and in my opinion most essential) album is the aptly titled Human = Garbage. It's as wonderfully misanthropic as you'd expect, with lyrics illustrating a decaying world as a result of humanity's hand. It's a series of tense, heavy riffs, noisy interludes, and sample exercepts, all with some insanely tortured vocals at the forefront. If you're looking for sludgy hardcore, this is it. Its follow-up, The Aftermath was originally released as a one-sided 12" LP consisting of four tracks. The CD version also includes the tracks from Backstabber and the Skaven and Suffering Luna splits. Since those releases are included separately here, The Aftermath version here is the vinyl-only tracks. They were mostly inactive following its release, until they dropped their final (also excellent) full-length in 2008 before calling it quits. Enjoy.

Live In The Studio Demo (1992)

1. The Beginning

2. Slave Chains

3. Green Destroyed

4. Broken Shell

5. Sleep

6. Ruptured Silence

7. Lovehate

Grief/Dystopia (1993)

1. Grief - Lifeless

2. Grief - Fucked Upstairs

3. Dystopia - Sleep

Embittered/Dystopia (1993)

1. Embittered - There's People Talkin'

2.  Embittered - Two Manipulated Bodies

3.  Embittered - New Breed

4.  Embittered - Crush (Their Fucking Power)

5.  Embittered - Embittered

6. Dystopia - The Beginning

7. Dystopia - Slave Chains

8. Dystopia - Ruptured Silence

9. Dystopia - Green Destroyed

10. Dystopia - Weed Of Wisdom

Human = Garbage (1994)

1. Stress Builds Character

2. Hands That Mold

3. Sanctity

4. Ignorance Of Pride

5. Love//Hate

Dystopia/Suffering Luna (1995)

1. Dystopia - Diary Of A Battered Child

2. Suffering Luna - La Reina Del Rosario

Dystopia/Skaven (1996)

1. Dystopia - Anger Brought By Disease

2. Dystopia - Jarhead Fertilizer

3. Dystopia - Taste Your Own Medicine

4. Dystopia - Untitled

5.Skaven - Reflective Skin

6. Skaven - Plague Wind

7. Skaven - Abscess

8. Skaven - Fleshy Curse

9. Skaven - Like The Worms That Crawl The Earth

Backstabber (1999)

1. Socialized Death Sentence

2. Backstabber

3. They Live

The Aftermath (1999)

1. Population Birth Control

2. Fathers Gun

3. Self Defeating Prophecy

4. Sleep

Dystopia (2008)

1. Now And Forever

2. Control All Delete

3. Leaning With Intent To Fall

4. The Growing Minority

5. Illusion Of Love

6. Number One Hypocrite

7. My Meds Aren't Working

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