Piri Reis

Piri Reis are a five-piece screamo/emoviolence band from Shah Alam, Malaysia that formed in 2014. After years of honing their craft through a number of splits, they finally released their debut full-length Ritma earlier this year. It's a co-release between some fantastic labels, namely Zegema Beach Records, React With Protest, Moment Of Collapse, and Framecode Records. It's 10 tracks consist of dark, twisting riffs, chaotic rhythms, explosive drums, and some incredible shrieked vocals. They break up the bursts with quieter, more dynamic moments that display a vulnerable agony. This is some of the best emoviolence I've heard in a long time, and this album is not one to be missed. Fans of bands including Orchid, Tristan Tzara, or Louise Cyphre in particular need to pay full attention here. Enjoy.

Demo (2015)

1. First There Was Ophera, A Masquerade

2. The Padang Jawa Virgin Vigilante

3. The Devil's Deed of Donetsk

4. When Life Hands You Grenade

Piri Reis/Coma Regalia (2015)

1. Piri Reis - When Life Hand You Grenade

2. Piri Reis - Deceived By The Beneficial Hegelian Dialectic

3. Piri Reis - Of Debris And Bruises

4. Piri Reis - Unstable Soul Might Get Surprise

5. Coma Regalia - Panic

6. Coma Regalia - Longing

7. Coma Regalia - Melancholy

8. Coma Regalia - Listless

9. Coma Regalia - Devoid

10. Coma Regalia - Clarity

11. Coma Regalia - Fear 

Child Meadow/Piri Reis (2017)

1. Child Meadow - Batrovci

2. Child Meadow - Dans Vos Veines

3. Child Meadow - Somehow We Got Lucky

4. Piri Reis - I Like It Quiet In The Morning

5. Piri Reis - Petit À Petit, L'Oiseau Fait Son Nid

6. Piri Reis - Lost Before Nakano Shinbashi

Piri Reis/They Sleep We Live (2017)

1. Piri Reis - Lend Me Your Life, Mine Is Kaput

2. Piri Reis - Meranduk Ke Laut, Merekah Ke Danau

3. They Sleep We Live - Fire Walk With Me

Piri Reis/Sto Cosi Cosi (2019)

1. Piri Reis - Last Light For Venetian Blind

2. Piri Reis - To Mock A Hummingbird

3. Piri Reis - Madness, You're Beautiful

 4. Sto Cosi Cosi - 途中の景色

5. Sto Cosi Cosi - Babel

6. Sto Cosi Cosi - Holy Step

Ritma (2022)

1. Merentap Sayap Malaikat

2. Burden By Beauty

3. Pusara Atas Langit

4. Heimlich Manoeuvre Tiger Suplex

5. Cigarette For An Actor

6. All Is Well, Mr. Hildebrandt

7. Arsitektur Yang Gagal

8. Curse on Pasumpahan Island

9. Berkelana ke Kelana Jaya

10. Untuk Kimi

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Magrudergrind

Magrudergrind are a three-piece grindcore/powerviolence band from Washington, DC that formed in 2002, and later relocated to Brooklyn, New York. They've been a staple extreme music for two decades now, with a plethora of fast-paced, pummelling and intensive material to their name. Think early Napalm Death meets Discharge, for a very brief and surface level reference point. They probably don't need much introduction, as most people familiar with grind have most likely heard this band. If not, you're in for one hell of a ride here. 

From 2003 to 2005 they released a ton of material, which was compiled on Sixty Two Trax of Thrash. I included the individual releases to satisfy the completist in me, but you really only need the compilation. It's solid stuff, though their best material came after it. In particular, their self-titled full-length and II (both produced by Kurt Ballou) are essential. Enjoy.

Don't Support Humanitary Aid Lead By The Church (2003)

1. Gangrene On Your Feet

2. Agnostic Technology

3. Army Of None

4. Hitler Only Had One Testicle Pt 1

5. Humanitary Aid

6. Kill To Trash

7. Song Seven

8. Suburban Bloodshed

9. Elitists In Hardcore

10. Hitler Only Had One Testicle Pt 2

11. Ballad Of Christ

12. The Prick Has Made Its Name

13. America On Alert

14. Grind/Jazz Fusion

15. 3:28AM

16. Fuck Your Protein Source

17. Blood Covered Hands

18. Housewife Plague

Religious Baffle (2003)

1. The Plastic Cancer

2. Served Chunky Blood Instead Of Marinara Sauce

3. Slave Labor In A Cup

4. My LeftHand (Japanese)

5. Spitting Up Sin

6. Stop Then Sweatshop

7. Religious Baffle

8. The Fast One

9. Vomit Soup

10. My LeftHand (English)

11. War For Oil, Spill More Blood For Soil

12. Untitled

Not A Happy Meal For A 13 Year Old Girl Who Found Razor Blades In Her French Fries / Live? (2004)

1. Magrudergrind - Not A Happy Meal For A 13 Year Old Girl Who Found Razor Blades In Her French Fries

2. Magurdergrind - Trophy Cases Full Of Decapitated Human Corpses Won At Last Years YMCA Youth Dismemberment/Suicide Day Event

3. Magrudergrind - TPDG

4. Magrudergrind - Reveresal AM Funeral

5. Magrudergrind - Pieces Of Glass Stuck In Your Severed Knuckles

6. Vomit Spawn - Cumdumpster

7. Vomit Spawn - Vegetarian Straight-Edge Dick

8. Vomit Spawn - Vomitorium

9. Vomit Spawn - Bar-B-Queer

10. Vomit Spawn - Inactivist

11. Vomit Spawn - Asshole

Culture Of Violence/Inherent Death (2004)

1. Magrudergrind - 211

2. Magrudergrind - The Stench Of My Cat's Shit Is Equivalent To Your $50 Perfume

3. Magrudergrind - Culture of Violence

4. Magrudergrind - Blood Not Milk

5. Magrudergrind - In My Quest For The Forsaken Necro Remote, I Stumbled Across Your Mothers Lifeless Corpse Eating A Shit Burrito

6. Magrudergrind - Inhalation White Powder Substance Self-Extermination

7. Akkolyte - Looming Danger

8. Akkolyte - Ode To Alyssa Katron

9. Akkolyte - Inquiring Mind

10. Akkolyte - Inherent Death

11. Akkolyte - Latter Fire

12. Akkolyte - Killing An Arab (The Cure cover)

Owned!! (2004)

1. Circle Pit Casserole

2. May Lai Massacre

3. Letter Bomb To Real Estate Company Is Less Sign Distribution, But More Economic Value For Me

4. The Symptom Undiagnosed

5. Terror Through Exile

6. Power Client Power Washing

7. Workers Pride To Die

Magrudergrind/A Warm Gun (2005)

1. Magrudergrind - Anti Scenester Motivation

2. Magrudergrind - Spock Cut Depletion

3. Magrudergrind - Esteem On The Floor

4. Magrudergrind - Inventory Of Flesh

5. Magrudergrind - Thresh Strike On #63

6. A Warm Gun - Dying In The Streets

7. A Warm Gun - End Of A Noose

8. A Warm Gun - Un Nueva Dia (Rise Up Resist)

A Killer Combo (2005)

1. Godstomper - Combo #1: Family Crisis

2. Godstomper - Combo #2: French Fry

3. Godstomper - Combo #3: Negative Impact

4. Magrudergrind - Combo #1: End Of Season Sale At The Cerebral Department

5. Magrudergrind - Combo #2: I'd Like A Refund Or Expect Arson Against Your Place Of Business

6. Magrudergrind - Combo #3: Mr. Arnold Palmer? Nice Meal For Jeffrey Dahmer

7. Magrudergrind - Combo #4: My Inner Self Is Telling Me That Something In This Room Is At It's Unintelligent High Point

8. Magrudergrind - Combo #5: Spicy Delight

Humanity In Decline (2005)

1. Sanity's Dawn - Kill You

2. Sanity's Dawn - Suicide

3. Sanity's Dawn - Hate

4. Magrudergrind - A Reaction With A Steak Knife

5. Magrudergrind - Casa Blanca Detonation

5. Magrudergrind - The 2nd Wave

6. Magrudergrind - Fascist Found Hung

Sixty Two Trax Of Thrash (2005)

1. A Reaction With A Steak Knife

2. Casa Blanca Detonation

3. The 2nd Wave

4. Fascist Found Hung

5. End Of Season Sale At The Cerebral Department

6. I'd Like A Refund Or Expect Arson Against Your Place Of Business

7. Mr. Arnold Palmer? Nice Meal For Jeffrey Dahmer

8. My Inner Self Is Telling Me That Something In This Room Is At It's Unintelligent High Point

9. Spicy Delight

10. Anti Scenester Motivation

11.  Spock Cut Depletion

12. Esteem On The Floor

13. Inventory Of Flesh

14. Thresh Strike On #63

15. Circle Pit Casserole

16. May Lai Massacre

17. Letter Bomb To Real Estate Company Is Less Sign Distribution, But More Economic Value For Me

18. The Symptom Undiagnosed

19. Terror Through Exile

20. Power Client Power Washing

21. Workers Pride To Die

22. Thrash Unit Three Five Five

23. 211

24. The Stench Of My Cat's Shit Is Equivalent To Your $50 Perfume

25. Culture of Violence

26. Blood Not Milk

27. In My Quest For The Forsaken Necro Remote, I Stumbled Across Your Mothers Lifeless Corpse Eating A Shit Burrito

28. Inhalation White Powder Substance Self-Extermination

29. Not A Happy Meal For A 13 Year Old Girl Who Found Razor Blades In Her French Fries

30. Trophy Cases Full Of Decapitated Human Corpses Won At Last Years YMCA Youth Dismemberment/Suicide Day Event

31. TPDG

32. Reversal AM Funeral

33.Pieces Of Glass Stuck In Your Severed Knuckles 

34. The Plastic Cancer

35. Served Chunky Blood Instead Of Marinara Sauce

36. Slave Labor In A Cup

37. My LeftHand (Japanese)

38. Spitting Up Sin

39. Stop Then Sweatshop

40. Religious Baffle

41. The Fast One

42. Vomit Soup

43. My LeftHand (English)

44. War For Oil, Spill More Blood For Soil

45. Gangrene On Your Feet

46. Agnostic Technology

47. Army Of None

48. Hitler Only Had One Testicle Pt 1

49. Humanitary Aid

50. Kill To Trash

51. Song Seven

52. Suburban Bloodshed

53. Elitists In Hardcore

54. Hitler Only Had One Testicle Pt 2

55. Ballad Of Christ

56. The Prick Has Made Its Name

57. America On Alert

58. Grind/Jazz Fusion

59. 3:28AM

60. Fuck Your Protein Source 

61. Blood Covered Hands

62. Housewife Plague

Magrudergrind/Sylvester Staline (2006)

1. Magrudergrind - Employer Execution

2. Magrudergrind - Lung Drenched Gasoline, Syphon Inhale Apprehended Wrong

3. Magrudergrind - Violent Poser Assault

4. Magrudergrind - Power Violence Not Sex And Violence (The Exploited cover)

5. Sylvester Staline - N.Y.D.M. Can't Give You The Right To Free Public Transport

6. Sylvester Staline - Pornouhkia

7. Sylvester Staline - Your Emo Girlfriend Is Our Stupid Bitch

8. Sylvester Staline - Bulletproof Bikini

9. Sylvester Staline - Revolution 4 Everyone

10. Sylvester Staline - Put Ya Feet Up In The Air

11. Sylvester Staline - Let's Going Fuck! (Spazz cover)

Magrudergrind/Shitstorm (2006)

1. Magrudergrind - Intro

2. Magrudergrind - Siphon The Slit

3. Magrudergrind - I Saw Jahova Sipping A 40 At The Corner Of Georgia Ave

4. Magrudergrind - Smash Micros Like Its 1999

5. Magrudergrind - Organized Cell Death

6. Magrudergrind - Complete Deprivation

7. Magrudergrind - Emo Holocaust

8. Magrudergrind - Dahmered Again

9. Magrudergrind - Scholastic Burnout

10. Magrudergrind - Escalvo De Salario

11. Shitstorm - Desensitized

12. Shitstorm - Getting Heated

13. Shitstorm - Closed Mind

14. Shitstorm - Destroy Them All

15. Shitstorm - World Of Shit

16. Shitstorm - Rent A Cop

17. Shitstorm - Hurley Punks

18. Shitstorm - Crack Lady

19. Shitstorm - No Freedom

20. Shitstorm - Ignorant Extermination

21. Shitstorm - Hide Behind The Screen

22. Shitstorm - Ego Trip

23. Shitstorm - Anxiety

24. Shitstorm - Religious War

Rehashed (2007)

1. Closed Off

2. Kept Laughing

3. I'm Fucking Done

4. The Final Pollution

5. JC And AA

6. Deceiver

7. Financial Downpour On Tight Ties

8. Putting Anthrax In The Beer Tape On Britpop Saturdays

9. Rehashed

10. The Fast End Theory

11. No God Rhetoric [Served Here]

12. Layer Of Waste

13. Zero Substance

14. Trustfund Whitey

15. Too Good For Good

16. Karma Smacks You In Your Face

17. Trend Bender

18. Drifting Away

This Comp Kills Fascists Vol 1 (2008)

39. Inevitable Progression

40. Heavy Bombing

41. Burden

Magrudergrind (2009)

1. The Protocols Of Anti-Sound

2. Pulverizing Hate Mongers

3. Rejecting The Militant Promise

4. Assimilated Pollutants

5. Abuse Of Philanthropic Self Gain

6. Fools of Contradiction

7. Heretics

8. Bridge Burner

9. Cranial Media Parasite

10. Excommunicated

11. The Price Of Living By Delinquent Ideals

12. Built To Blast

13. Lyrical Ammunition For Scene Warfare

14. Rise And Fall Of Empires Past

15. Heavier Bombing

16. Martys Of The Shoah

17. Untitled

Crusher (2010)

1. Leech

2. Conditioned Minds

3. Incapacity Reigns

4. Stagnant

5. Heaviest Bombing

6. Cognition

II (2016)

1. Imperium In Imperio

2. Divine Dictation

3. The Opportunist

4. Relentless Hatred

5. Sacrificial Hire

6. War For Resources

7. Black Banner

8. Hara-Kiri

9. Stale Affairs

10. Regressive Agenda

11. Incarceration State

12. Unit 731

13. Icaro

14. Husayni / Handschar

15. Pharmacide

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Fall Of Efrafa

Fall Of Efrafa were a five-piece post-metal/crust punk band from Brighton, England that were active from 2005 to 2009. In that time, they released a trilogy of albums all based around Richard Adam's 1972 novel Watership Down. Thus, not only are these concept albums, but this is a concept band. They use the novel's concepts and mythos to explore the cyclical rise and relationship of theocracy, dictatorship, and oppression in humanity, to give you a very basic overview of the band's themes. Lyrically, they aren't directly narrative and only use the novel as a point of reference, so it's not necessary to be familiar with, but it does enhance your experience. This is especially true in the case of the Lapine words, which is a language invented by the author and used by the rabbits in the book. There's an incredible animated film from 1978 based on the novel that may or may not be available in full on YouTube, which is worth your time to watch if you haven't read or don't plan or reading the novel.

The primary trilogy consists of three albums: Owsla, Elil, and Inlé were released over a four-year period and compiled in their entirety as The Warren Of Snares. Sonically, this band is very hard to pin down, but I'll give you a quick rundown of each entry. Owsla is the most bombastic and crust-oriented, with heavy use of d-beat and harsh, guttural vocals. Elil is cinematic and tension-building, with extensive instrumental interludes taking influence from post-rock. They conjure up a dismal atmosphere reminiscent of the apocalyptic landscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Inlé takes influence from sludge and doom metal whilst still being melodic and forlorn, with the vocals being their most cathartic. Though they all do this, this album in particular blends the heavier moments with skeletal, atmospheric passages. It makes for a fantastic closer to this trilogy, only to reveal in its final seconds that it (spoiler) links back to the start of Owsla, repeating the endless cycle.

This band is incredible and one I've wanted to share for a long time, so I'm super happy they're finally making it on here. I highly recommend checking this band out, they present a plethora of sound that makes this body of work an epic, in the truest sense of the word. Enjoy.

Owsla (2006)

1. Intro

2. Pity The Weak

3. A Soul To Bare

4. Lament

5. Last But Not Least

6. The Fall Of Efrafa

Elil (2007)

1. Beyond The Veil

2. Dominion Theology

3. For El-Ahrairah To Cry

Down To Agony/Fall Of Efrafa (2007)

1. Down To Agony - Donde Arderemos

2. Down To Agony - Giran Las Saetas

3. Fall Of Efrafa - No Longer Human

Tharn (2008)

1. Dominion Theology

The Burial (2009)

1. The Burial

Inlé (2009)

1. Simulacrum

2. Fu Inlé

3. Republic Of Heaven

4. Woundwort

5. The Sky Suspended

6. The Warren Of Snares

The Warren Of Snares (2010)

Disc 1: Owsla

1. Pity The Weak

2. A Soul To Bear

3. Lament

4. Last But Not Least

5. The Fall Of Efrafa

Disc 2: Elil

6. Beyond The Veil

7. Dominion Theology

8. For El-Ahrairah To Cry

Disc 3: Tharn

9. Dominion Theology

Disc 4: Inlé

10. Simulacrum

11. Fu Inlé

12. Republic Of Heaven

13. The Burial

14. Woundwort

15. The Sky Suspended

16. The Warren Of Snares

Owslafa (2021)

1. Pity The Weak (Demo)

2. A Soul To Bear (Demo)

3. Last But Not Least (Demo)

4. The Fall Of Efrafa (Demo)

5. Simulacrum (Live)

6. Dominion Theology (Live)

7. The Burial (Live)

8. Last But Not Least (Live)

9. The Fall Of Efrafa (Live)

10. The Warren of Snares (Live)

Note: First demo and final live performance

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Curl Up And Die

Curl Are Up And Die Are a four-piece metalcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada that formed in 1998, broke up in 2005, and reunited in 2019. The band went through a number of line-up changes in their early years, and were at one-time a five-piece. As a result, their sound changed and evolved quite a bit. Their early material is a lot scrappier, with sharp shifting riffs and very throaty vocals, if that makes any sense. They signed to Revelation Records in 2001, and released their debut full-length the following year. Sonically, it contained quick, thrashy bursts of dissonance and a more guttural, visceral vocal howl. It wouldn't be a surprise if this band was paying close attention to things like early Converge and Botch. They released a series of two EP's in which they really hit their stride as a band, both of which I highly recommend starting with if you're new to this band. 

Their final album, The One Above All, The End Of All That Is was released in 2005 and is decidely more matured and nuanced in sound. It's got massive riffs, and hits heavier with a slower pace, taking it's time to blend in more melodic elements and build up its tracks. The energy is still there, just used sparingly to really drive home the effect. It's an incredible record and one of metalcore's more underrated, so do yourself a favour and check that out as well. Enjoy.

Demo (1999)

1. Watch Your Face

2. How About I Eat Your Kids

3. Worn

4. Wanted Shit

Demo 2.0 (2000)

1. Hella Vegas Kids Say Hella

2. If I Wanted Shit Out Of You I'd Squeeze Your Neck

3. Kissing You is Like Licking an Ashtray

4. The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug

5. How About I Eat Your Kids

6. Bullet (demo)

7. Hardcore Since 10

The Only Good Bug Is A Dead Bug (2000)

1. And Then The Robots Were Killed

2. Absolute Denial Of The Ultimate Nullifier

3. Hella Vegas Kids Say Hella

4. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start

5. Proclaimed Bat Hunter

6. Nest Of The Face Hugger

1998 (2001)

1. If I Wanted Shit Out Of You, I'd Squeeze Your Neck

2. Watch Your Face

Unfortunately, We're Not Robots (2002)

1. We

2. Are

3. All

4. Dead

5. 100 M.P.H. Vomit Dedicated to Jon

6. On the Run from Johnny Law Ain't No Trip to Cleveland

7. Ted Nugent Goes AOL

8. Total Pandemonium

9. Doctor Doom, a Man of Science, Doesn't Believe in Jesus, Why the Fuck Do You

10. You'd Be Cuter If I Shot You in the Face

11. Make Like a Computer and Get with the Program

12. Your Idea of Fascism and Global Intervention Makes Me Puke

13. I Lost My Job to a Machine

14. Kissing You Is Like Licking an Ashtray

15. Rich Hall (Runner Up in a Carson Daly Lookalike Contest)

We May Be Through With The Past... (2003)

1. I Hate Almost Every Person I Come in Contact With

2. Damn Girl, That Shit Is Deep Like the Ocean

3. China Part Breakdown

4. .. - ... .- ..-. ..- -.-. -.- .. -. --. - .. -- . -- .- -.-. .... .. -. .

5. Utah: The Whoopie Cushion of America

6. I Don't Give a Shit If I'm in Outer Darkness, I'll Make Friends

But The Past Ain't Through With Us (2003)

1. Nuclear Waste? Bring That Shit. (We Want A State Full Of Radiated Super Heroes)

2. If This Band Thing Doesn't Pan Out We're Joining the Army

3. .. - ... . - ..-. ..- -.-. -. - .. -. --. - .. -- . -- . - -.-. .... ..

4. God Is in His Heaven, All Is Right With the World

The One Above All, The End Of All That Is (2005)

1. An Uncomfortable Routine

2. Antidepressants Are Depressing

3. Ultra Carb Diet Carpooling Stupid Fucking Life

4. The One Above All, The End of All That Is

5. Instrumental

6. Black Out

7. There Ain't No Can't in American

8. Zero MPH Fallover

9. There Is Never Enough Time to Do Nothing

10. I'm Trying To Fly To The Moon

11. Blood Mosh Hips Hair Lips Pills Fuck Death

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