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Goatwhore – The Eclipse of Ages into Black CD

GOATWHORE featuring Ben Falgoust of Solient Green and Sammy Duet of Acid Bath.

1. Nocturnal Holocaust
2. Lair of Nastrond
3. Desolate Path to Apocalyptic Ruin
4. The Beauty in Suffering
5. As the Reflection Slowly Fades
6. All the Sins
7. Satan’s Millennium
8. Upon this Deathbed of Cold Fire
9. Gravedom
10. Invert the Virgin
11. Perversions of the Ancient Goat
12. Into a Darker Sun
13. Under a Dark God
14. Commanding the Legions of Hell
15. Graveyards and Dead Angels

Album Notes
Goatwhore: Sammy Duet (vocals, guitar); Ben Stout (guitar); Patrick B. (bass); Zak N. (drums).Additional personnel: Mike Beams (background vocals).Recorded between June & September 1999.Personnel: Ben Stout (guitar); Mike Beams (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Goatwhore; Keith Falgout.Recording information: Festival Studios (06/1999-08/1999).Goatwhore’s lineup includes folks who have played with noted Louisiana metal bands Crowbar (Sammy Duet), Soilent Green (Ben Falgoust, Ben Stout), and Acid Bath (Duet again). However, The Eclipse of Ages Into Black is pretty far removed from any of those bands; this is Goatwhore’s version of the sort of stripped-down black metal usually associated with European acts like Bathory, Celtic Frost, or Darkthrone. The lyrics dwell on darkness, Satan, etc., while the production has a raw, under-produced quality (i.e., little bass or treble, near-ambient guitar distortion) that seems intent on emphasizing atmosphere over sheer heaviness. Falgoust and Duet’s vocals are mainly done in a sickly, mewling rasp very much in keeping with the genre, with the former also adding some somber, half-spoken passages here and there. The band spends most of its time dodging in and out of stop-start grindcore blasts, evil hardcore punk riffs, and the occasional slower melodic breakdown, but occasionally shifts gears into a mid-tempo shuffle that shows Goatwhore’s Southern roots (however European the band’s inspirations may be). One exception to the overall norm is “Invert the Virgin,” which comes across more like a fist-pumping hard rock tune, albeit one dressed up in spiked armbands and a bullet belt. As for the songwriting, there are a few less-than-memorable moments on the album but, on the whole, The Eclipse is a convincing take on the black metal genre, done from a perspective that’s certainly different from the norm. ~ William York

Goatwhore – Funeral Dirge For The Rotting Sun CD

1. Sacrament of Emptiness and Despair
2. Vengeance of Demonic Fury
3. Bloodguilt Eucharist
4. The Serpent that Enslaves what is Worshiped
5. Chanting Bells of Funeral Anguish
6. Sky Inferno
7. A Closure in Infinity
8. Invocation to the Obsidian Moon
9. As the Sun Turns to Ash
10. Fires of the Judas Blood
11. The Black Art of Deception
12. Baptized in a Storm of Swords

With its Rotten Records debut, The Eclipse of the Ages Into Black, Louisiana miscreants Goatwhore explored old school satanic black metal as no American act had before. Goatwhore’s new second effort, Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun, ventures into darker, less conventional territory. Probing the pitch-black recesses of mind and soul in a disturbing, introspective examination of dark forces at work, and unleashing it all with a feral hookiness and atmospheric flare, the band steps beyond the bounds of mere black metal into a realm all its own.

Gollum – The Core CD

Wilmington North Carolinas’ Gollum debut release “The Core”.

1. The Calm Before
2. The Core
3. Ominous Winds
4. Blacksmith (Summoning Wrath)
5. Diggin
6. Amor Fati
7. Darkhouse
8. The Burden of Ubiquitous Scars
9. Schadenfreude
10. Carven Bones
11. Omens

Green Jellÿ – Musick to Insult Your Intelligence By CD

1. Sugar and Spice
2. Gefilte Fish
3. You Can’t Kill Me
4. Albert Fish Liverwurst
5. Stabby The Clown
6. Geek Girl
7. I Will Not
8. You’re Gone
9. Nothing to Say
10. Sweat Lagoon
11. Trick or Treat
12. Scroty the Clown

OVER ONE MILLION SOLD!

27 YEARS AND 238 BAND MEMBERS LATER GREEN JELLO STILL SUCKS….

Green Jellÿ (pronounced “green jello”) was formed in 1981 in Kenmore, NY by founding member Bill Manspeaker. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from the owners of the Jell-O trademark, Kraft Foods, who claimed that it was an infringement of their trademark. Throughout the early 80’s, Green Jellÿ performed throughout NY, opening for bands like The Ramones and New York Dolls. Their reputation for over-the-top live performances and food-hurling audiences got them banned from most local venues.

After finding local success, many of the members relocated to Hollywood, CA where they quickly became a fixture of the underground scene. Green Jellÿ then struck up an instant friendship with GWAR bonding with their mutual love of costumes and onstage antics. By this time, the band consisted of usually 20 members including new characters such as “Shitman” (a giant, walking corn-filled poop monster), “Cowgod”, “Rock n Roll Pumpkin”, and “Satan’s Ham.” At one point even Danny Carey and Maynard James Keenan of Tool made the Green Jellÿ roster.

In 1992, Zoo Entertainment, a subsidiary of BMG, released Green Jellÿ’s “Cereal Killer,” an all video album including MTV hit, “The Three Little Pigs.” The following year, Zoo released an audio version of the album called, “Cereal Killer Soundtrack.” This album went gold in the US, and sold nearly 2.5 million units worldwide. The success led BMG to open Green Jellÿ studios in Hollywood, where the band recorded Grammy nominated, “333.” “333” includes “The Bear Song” from the Farrelly Brother’s film, Dumb and Dumber.

In the following years, Green Jellÿ continued to break the mold as they wrote the first ever video game soundtrack for Acclaim Entertainment video game, Spider Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage. Although they never officially broke up, band members went their separate ways until early 2008 when they reemerged for a US tour supporting a re-release of the Cereal Killer and 333 video/albums on DVD.

After performing over 125 shows last year, all of them rife with the comedic and animated goodness that made Green Jellÿ a household name, the band is now preparing for another US tour starting in June 2009 to support their newest record “Musick To Insult Your Intelligence By” on Los Angeles based Rotten Records. This tour which will be bigger, better and fatter than ever promises to be more along the lines of a traveling Mardi Gras parade; with enough costumes and enough foodstuff to make Anthony Bourdain’s mouth water.

On signing the band, one member of the Rotten Records management team said “Well, at least we don’t have to worry about these guys going cold or hungry on the road—they travel with plenty of costumes and food for their live shows…” This is a match made in a supermarket checkout line considering that some of the Rotten Records staff have been fans of the band for many years. Rotten Records A&R director Dick Shittelmeyer said “We couldn’t be happier. This is one of the hardest working bands in the business. We are confident in their professionalism…”

Hellspawn – Lords of Eternity CD

Can you say Satan, mate? Damaged drummer Matt Sanders, aka Nekroslayer swaps his sticks for a mic and hate-core for black metal blasphemy with his sideband Hellspawn. And though they hail from Australia, Hellspawn’s epic, atmospheric caterwauling is as evil and terrifying as anything from the dark, cold forests of Scandinavia.

1. Carnal Desires
2. The Whores of Adramalech
3. Ancient Possession
4. Lords of Eternity
5. Heirz to the Throne
6. Baphomet’s Disciples
7. Recuratul Refarious
8. Realm of the Black Angels

Ideamen – May You Live in Interesting Times CD

1. Interesting Times
2. Emergency
3. The Rest
4. Sunshine
5. Horse’s Head
6. Incident
7. Collectibles
8. Uneventful Day
9. No Thought
10. Paper Goose
11. Quares
12. Your Signature Here

Album Notes
Personnel: Tim Swanson (vocals, keyboards); Gwen Mitchell, Mark Vasquez (vocals); Chris Gardner (Mellotron). Audio Mixer: Chris Gardner. Saying that Chicago’s Ideamen really like the work of Mike Patton — a lot — is a bit of an understatement. (One could throw Serj Tankian into that mix as well without batting an eye.) As a result, May You Live in Interesting Times feels less like a statement of purpose and more a sense of a band working through primary inspirations on the way to something further down the road. It’s not without appeal — when the band places more prominence on piano, as on songs like “Incident,” as well as slowing down some of the otherwise nonstop hyperactivity otherwise on display, the variety allows for odder twists on the style to step forward.

Ideamen formed in 2006 from the ashes of the bands Duct Tape Mustache and Soulvasq. Tim Swanson, Mark Vasquez, Dave Solar, Dan Figurell and Phil Goodrich emerged with a band more mature and accessible than their previous incarnations. Taking elements of 70’s piano pop infused with modern rock sensibilities, Ideamen created their own unique sound complete with with dual lead vocalists, a strong keyboard presence, and their trademark four-part vocal harmonies.

In 2007 Ideamen independently released their first EP, ‘ Progress ‘, which sold quickly throughout the US and around the world. Ideamen then began touring, catching ears and tapping into the fans and subculture of ‘ Experimental ‘ music, performing as an opening act for national touring groups of the genre such as Baltimore’s Dog Fashion Disco, Chicago’s Tub Ring, Seattle’s Orange Tulip Conspiracy.

Though constantly on the road, Ideamen hasn’t neglected to lay their foundation in Chicago. The band performs often at Double Door, Beat Kitchen, Elbo Room and Reggie’s Rock Club. Ideamen will be on the road throughout 2010 touring to support their new album “May You Live In Interesting Times”.

Karen Page – CD

1. Out of The Woodwork
2. Icebox
3. Your Body is a Wasteland
4. Snake Eyes
5. All Sixes
6. Interloper
7. Morality as Home Entertainment
8. Bag of Nerves
9. Nailbiter
10. Monster
11. Treebeard
12. Dead Men Tell No Tales
13. The Beyond

Karen Page was released Feb 16, 2010. Lyricist: Matt Tluchowski. Karen Page: Matt Tluchowski (vocals, programming); Jonny Doyle, Bryce Seditz (guitar); Alan Cassidy (drums). Audio Mixer: Andrew Della Cagna.

Debut album from the Metal upstarts. In a music scene flooded by generic sounding Death Metal and Metalcore, stormed with breakdowns and riffs stolen from At The Gates, stands the greatest band ever formed, Karen Page, a refreshing change to the music scene. These five musical titans have been considered the reincarnation of the Nordic gods of Metal and slam dunk basketball playing. With a self released EP under their belt, Karen Page quickly drew a fan base more loyal than the likes of David Hasselhoff. Unlike anything you’ve ever heard before, blasting your ears with an incredibly unique sound, the album takes you on a musical carnival ride, where what you expect to come next, never happens. Fans describe the new tracks as unpredictable and “awesome”. This album will change your life. It is the best work of art ever created, according to Vincent Van Gogh.

Kiss The Clown CD

1. Slow in the Sand

2. Spin

3. Sunflower Patch

4. Shiney Boy

5. Dr. Clever’s Madhouse

6. Cut Me Down

7. Away

8. Silent Movie

9. Wrong Girl

10. The Carnival

11. Feel

12. Empty Head

13. Sydney’s Run Away

14. I’ll be Around

Kiss The Clown – Pretty Paranoia CD

1. Hiss Kiss

2. Underground

3. Rag

4. In My Closet

5. Kiss the Clown

6. Sometimes

7. When it Rains

8. Pretty Paranoia

9. Pumkin Man

10. Down

11. Monster Lane

12. White ROse

13. Happy’s Inside

14. Go If You Want

15. Afraid of the Dark

Nasty Savage – Penetration Point CD

Original late 1980’s pressing

1. Welcome Wagon

2. Irrational

3. Ritual Submission

4. Powerslam

5. Sin Eater

6. Penetration Point

7. Puzzled

8. Horizertical

9. Family Circus

Ohm CD

Chris Poland’s debut rock instrumental power trio. Heavier record with a focus on songwriting and melodic content. Ohm, the brainchild of Chris Poland, former lead guitarist of Megadeth, takes instrumental recording to new heights. Poland’s unmistakable clean; overdriven tone and legato phrasing make him instantly recognizable. Poland has been praised by many of his peers as one of the greatest guitar players in the world. Robby Pagliari, Ohm’s six-string fretless bass player, is every angry ounce of ten different bass players all rolled into one smooth, quiet and dynamic alien being. Kofi Baker, son of famed drummer Ginger Baker keeps time more precise than the atomic clock but with the power of heavyweight Mike Tyson, and the finesse of Muhammad Ali.

Track Listing:

1. Peanut Buddha
2. Where’s My Hat?
3. ID
4. Love Song
5. Came to Believe
6. Between Us
7. Iguana
8. Sister Cheryl
9. Brandenberg
10. Bastille Day
11. The Mountain
12. Search for the Suicide King
13. Ohmage

Ohm – Amino Acid Flashback CD

“Megadeth lead-guitarist Chris Poland and his band OHM: have taken their sophomore record, pushed it over the edge, crushed all walls of conventional fusion and have laid down one of the most brazen, nitro-burning instrumental records you’ll ever hear.

This record consists of 25 years of blood, sweat and tears. This record is us doing both a 180-degree turn-around and a full 360-degree circle. This record is our heart and soul, our convictions and everything we stand for. It was all caught on tape with the help of Petar Sardelich who is one of the few people who just knew what direction we wanted to take the band. We hope you enjoy”

-Chris Poland

“Here’s some stuff for the OHM: nerds. The Glass House factoid. To make a good record, the studio must be at exceedingly hot temperatures. All those guys that say cooler temps are better for your gear, lie.

What usually (usually) happens in terms of songwriting is one of three things. CP is at home playing acoustic on his couch, decompressing from whatever the day has brought. The Music Gods (we like to think of Ganesh) come to him, and a melody and/or chord progression come. If it’s not CP on his couch, it’s Pag on his. Whoever it is then brings the idea to rehearsal, and they add to and/or arrange the ideas and etc. Kofi gets free reign- he’s the drummer, he writes the drum parts. If it’s not CP or Pag bringing the idea, a jam happens at rehearsal or a gig that touches one of them, and they write the song around what comes.

These guys don’t “practice” in the traditional sense. They play for pleasure, because they’re compelled. Pag often at his house on the couch, CP at Glass House, Kofi in his studio.

It will really help the creative process if you’re in a studio that is Earth-scorchingly hot.

Music is listened to mostly by referral, occasionally because something draws us to listen to something from back in the day so to speak. Sometimes we listen to stuff while we’re switching out and/or tweaking gear or instruments in the studio. Michael Landau and Allan Holdsworth are favorites. Usually we starve (maybe I’m just speaking for me here…), but we sometimes go to a mom and pop fast food joint around the corner. Sandwiches. Trader Joe’s stuff for Petar. Pag brought us pasta made by a real Italian one night- himself. Kofi, since he’s built like crazy, eats chicken and rice he makes at home.

All gear is scrutinized to death. Cables are run in both directions to see which has less or more impedance, more or less low end. Drums are painstakingly tuned. Different batteries tried and strings changed… constantly. Effects are run in different places in chains and loops, similar types are switched out… sometimes all in ways they might not have been intended (we’re unafraid to void warranties).

At breaks in rehearsal or recording, Pag smokes outside (less than he used to though) and talks about bass players. CP is usually tweaking guitars or gear, Petar ruminates or actually does kung fu, frequently complaining about the sad state of psychiatry and/or the nation. Usually and. Kofi refuels by way of chicken and rice, talks about drums and how cool girls are. Oh yeah- and traffic. Use yer’ damn turn signals! It’s bad enough that you drive on the wrong side of the road!

Heat in the studio causes enough sweating to detoxify the body and think more clearly about the writing, recording, and rehearsing processes.”

-Petar Sardelich
Track Listing:

1. DaVinci
2. Tara
3. William’s Amino Acid Flashback
4. What If…
5. Joog in da Boot
6. Compass of the Heart
7. Icarus Falls
8. Rooms of Telemetry
9. Skint
10. Spun
11. Tattoo

Only Flesh – From The Gutter to The Grave CD/DVD

1. Welcome
2. Glamputation
3. My Favorite Shade of Grey
4. Numb
5. Crucivixens
6. Queens of Sleaze
7. Sexual Holocaust
8. Inside
9. Saliva Lubrication
10. Social Crutch
11. Cocaine-A-Go-Go
12. The Fall
13. So Far Away

14. Divine Suffering

Plus the unrated VIDEOLOVESLUDGE DVD

Polkadot Cadaver – Purgatory Dance Party CD

Polkadot Cadaver featuring Todd Smith, Jasan Stepp and John Ensminger of Dog Fashion Disco.

1. Haunted Holiday
2. A Wolf in Jesus Skin
3. Purgatory Dance Party
4. Deathwish
5. Phantom Limb
6. Long Strange Trip to Paradise
7. Bring me the Head of Andy Warhol
8. Chloroform Girl
9. What’s the Worst Thing That Could Happen?
10. Brainwash
11. Pure Bedlam for Halfbreeds
12. Sole Survivor

Polkadot Cadaver – Sex Offender CD

1. Opus Dei
2. Sea Grave
3. Bloodsucker
4. Starlight Requiem
5. Stronger Than Weak
6. Slaughterhouse Striptease
7. Sex Offender
8. Cake And Eat It Too
9. Mongaloid
10. Forever And A Day

Salt The Wound – Carnal Repercussions CD

Cleveland Ohio’s SALT THE WOUND debut CD

Track List
1. The Beginning
2. Better Than This
3. The Conformist
4. We’ll Sleep Until Sunset
5. Gloves
6. Gannon
7. A Slight Burning Sensation
8. Peas and Carrots
9. I Swear the Visine is for my Allergies
10. The Rape and Pillage of Spisville
11. Carnal Repercussions
12. The End

Salt The Wound – Ares CD

1. Mutations
2. From My Hands
3. Foot of The Thrown
4. An Era of Revolution
5. When People are Shameless
6. Jafar
7. Hail The Locusts
8. Take a Bow

Salt the Wound – Kill The Crown CD

1. Kill The Crown
2. To The Top
3. Elle Ess Dee
4. Why Don’t You Have A Seat?
5. Cash on Delivery
6. Early Mornings and Late Ni…
7. A Year In The Suburbs
8. The Cliff Before The Fall
9. Breathless
10. Consequences

ShameLady – The Winter Days Were Nights CD

1. Diamond on Fire
2. American Meat Wife
3. Man VS.
4. The Blood of our Tears
5. The Winter Days Were Nights
6. I Know What it’s Like
7. Sunrise Headache
8. Arnold Friend
9. Diamond in Water

STG – No Longer Human CD

1. Legacy of Hate

2. Televandalism

3. Straight I.V. of Anarchy

4. Never Again

5. Shallow Grave

6. Advice to Adam

7. Mortal

8. Razor Raped Pain

Streetcleaners – Pomona Queen CD

1. Enlighten Me

2. Want It

3. Those Days are Over

4. Tired of Being

5. Thirteen

6. Nowhere

7. Don’t Turn Me Away

8. Pointing Fingers

9. Drive

10. Fall In Love

11. If I’m Gonna Die

The Toy Dolls – One More Megabyte CD

1. Mega Intro
2. One More Megabyte
3. I’m a Lonely Bastard
4. She’s a Leech
5. Me ‘n’ John Williams
6. She’ll be Back with Keith Someday
7. I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles
8. Bachelor Boy/When Garry Married Melanie
9. Fred Oliver
10. In Tommy’s Head
11. Bored Housewife
12. The Memory of Nobby
13. The Devil Went Down to Scunthorpe
14. Mega Outro

Vampire Mooose CD

1. Spiderman vs. Venom
2. Waltz del Monstruo
3. Dose Mozerous
4. Adamantium Elbow
5. Del Fontineau
6. Stoneheed
7. Stew
8. Eye of the Knorm
9. Big House
10. S Mart
11. Colonize
12. Khali Ma

St. Louis extremists Vampire Mooose are anything but your average metal beast. Fusing death metal brutality and raw hardcore intensity with abstract, progressive arrangements and free-jazz freakouts, the band is unorthodox, unrelenting and utterly unpredictable. Their Rotten Records debut is an insane cross-breeding of Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan and Obituary-style sonic terror tactics only weirder and more vicious. They call it “rawkus,” and it will rock your world.

Vampire Mooose – Serenade the Samurai CD

1. Portauni
2. Ogdru Juhad
3. 1.21 Gigiwatts
4. Serenade the Samurai
5. Pujols
6. Snow Driven Engine
7. Sumatra
8. Monstersgotamotherfuckinbomb
9. Adrians Song
10. Crown of Lice
11. Estaban was Eaten

The story of St. Louis favorites Vampire Mooose is one of harlequin narration. With such a tumultuous history, it’s one that diametrically and vehemently opposes conventional wisdom, and takes a life of its own. The band has escaped the devils death and survived to tell their tales on a new record, much to the disbelief of anyone unlucky enough to be within earshot.

Since their initial, critically acclaimed self-titled release three years ago, the challenges that Vampire Mooose have endured are those that would have made a band of mediocre men crumble long ago. Fortunately their first album set more than just a simple ‘ball-rolling’ but more appropriately set a burgeoning snow ball effect from a mountain top, gaining mass, speed and girth only to pummel those below.

In true Vampire Mooose fashion, they have soldiered through tours in snow storms, hurricanes and heat waves in vans that drove until the wheels literally fell off and walked to a local dealership and bought another one to finish out a tour, several line-up changes and a manager who is now doing time in federal penitentiary for robbing a bank with a mock explosive device. Singer Ryan Pulliam said, “I always heard that managers were thieves, but this one takes the cake…”

With all of this in tow, Vampire Mooose brings an 11 song cornucopia of face shattering tunes titled “Serenade the Samurai”. The band brought in long time friend Brandon Manlove on guitar and sees the return of original bassist Al Carson, backed by the percussive attack of drummer Eric Baudendistel. As Pulliam put it, “we’ve matured a lot. That doesn’t mean we’ve lightened up, it just means that the heaviness of the band has been legitimized to a place where getting up on stage every night is about telling the story of Mooose. Where some bands have to make that shit up, this is our E true Hollywood story…nothing fake, nothing made up, it’s just the way it is for us…” But then again, this comes from a guy who was once arrested for inciting a riot from the stage in their hometown of St. Louis.

Recorded at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore Maryland, with Steve Wright behind the helm, Serenade the Samurai, as Pulliam eloquently puts it, shows how the band has grown wiser and more mature. Traditionally when one hears about how a band has “matured”, it almost seems to discount their prior work. That’s not so with Vampire Mooose, where their first record is a cult favorite like fellow St. Louis born William S. Burroughs’ Junkie, Serenade the Samurai is still as vicious in nature only more along the lines of Sun Tsu’s The Art of War.

Look for the record to barrel down the aisle of your favorite retailer on Halloween Day, 2006. Listen for a Richter scale measuring performance in a town near you as the band finds their way across the country on tour through the end of the year.