Etacarinae-Faith in Chaos7"

They call their music Cosmic Apocalyptic Crust and they recorded one of the best crust records of 2008: Etacarinae's members are from Barcelona and Lisboa and In These Dark Times is an amazing record that stands equal to Comalive or Agrimonia's lp, (these came out about the same time). Τhey formed in 2002 and the same year they recorded a seven track demo (posted here), these tracks appear in this 2007 ep, in 2008 they released In These Dark Times and the cd version includes these tracks too plus the songs from the upcoming split with Asedio
Faith in Chaos (a.k.a. st ep) delivers heavy, gloomy and emotional crust with screamed vocals in an amazing blending of Bastard and Death Side hardcore and the metal edge and melodies of Tragedy and Wolfbrigade. It was released by a cooperation of labels (Deskontento Rec.s, Mundo En Kaos Rec.s, Kontroversy Rec.s, Humildad y Honestidad Rec.s), comes in gatefold cover with lyrics. Tracks are connected each other (a way to zip 14:30 of crust on vinyl's surface) so you got each side as one mp3
Thats the short ranting shit. Go get some Iberian crust @320,scans blah blah blah

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Nakot/Dyspnea-split 7"

Here is a split of Balkan crust/hardcore:Nakot hail from Belgrade, Serbia, they formed in 2005 and recorded a six track demo in 2007, in 2008 they released a split 7" w Dazd (Doomed to Extinction Rec.s)and the 12 track discog cd"Pod nato bombama i represijom nasije" on DPH-AK47 distro, a split with Man Made Filth from Hellgium is announced in their myshit but still nothing on the air
Dyspnea come from central Greece and they shared the stage with Hellshock a few days ago, this is their first vinyl release after a rehearsal demo cd(2007) and Ston topo me ta agkathia (in the land of thorns) cd (2007), they are supposed to release a split with Doomsday (crusties from Athens) and god knows when..
This split was released in 2008 by a co-operation of three greek distros:We Don't Fight It, Alcoholic Disaster and Scarecrow. Nakot contribute three tracks taken from the '07 demo recordings and deliver crusty, fast and aggressive hardcore with dual vocals and catchy riffs, the production is dissent. On the other side, Dyspnea bring the re-recorded versions of two tracks from In the Land of Thorns and gloomy crust with black metal feeling because of the old school true black metal guitar sound. Artwork was made by Doomsday Graphics, lyrics and translation in english included.
That was the rant, this will be available for downloading for short time since can be found in several distros

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Hellshock-World darkness 7"

Change of schedule and we moved to plan B: Instead of some oldies 'n goodies in the upcoming posts there will be some crust tunes and the first come from the crusties who visited my hometown and rocked the squat with their devastating set of stenching crust, check the video on sidebar. Hellshock need no any introduction, at last and after a four year hiatus they came back with Born Out of Darkness split with AGE and the fresh new They Wait For You Still which is a masterpiece of stenchcore.
World Darkness comes from 2005 on Black Waters and is sold out. 2500 copies were made plus a limited number of only 200 pieces of a silk-screened edition. Lyrics included inside the gatefold cover, just like the rest of their ep's it consists of two tracks, the chugging metallic guitars, pounding bass and percussion and guttural vockills are here, Wax Statues and a bit faster but still delivers the stenching feeling while Grey City is a mid pace homage to Amebix and Misery legacy delivering some heavy riffage and nice guitar solo while the track ends.
World darkness is included in Singles comp that was released this year by HG Fact for Hellshock's Japanese tour, as for They Wait For You Still, US vinyl version of is on Black Water (1000 copies run, 150 on golden wax) European version on Agipunk and Cd on HG Fact (1500 copies), buy a copy, it shreads! now get the ep

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Betong Hysteria-Spontan abort 7"

Next posts will bring some oldies and the first is a jewel from Norway: Betong Hysteria(concrete hysteria) was the first punk band in Norway and Spontan abort (Spontaneous abortion) was their one and only release back in 1983 on Mind Expanding Records. Apart from this they appeared in Fremtiden er nå! compilation lp(1983,Nå Records), Song of Norway (1983,Den Onde Sirkel) and in posthumous Anarki & Kaos: Norsk Punk '79-81 (1992,Voices of Wonter) and Hurra For Norge-Norsk Pønk-Rock 1979-86, Vol2 (2007,Svindel).Members went on in bands such as Lust-O-Rama, Kaare & Partiet and Siste Dagers Hellige
Music wise Spontan abort delivers five tracks of in-your-face, pissed and raging hardcore, here is a well written review in Kill From The Heart :
This killer release clearly shows rage and angst against society and the system the way it should be done. The first track "Snuten Kommer" ("The Pigs Are Coming") is about the violent police, always showing up with their handy riot gear. "Du Er Et Ledd I" ("You're A Chain In The...") is filled with contempt against people being just another tool for the system. "Det Er Bare Løgn" ("It's All Just Lies"), well it is, isn't it? "Mitt Eget Liv" ("My Own Life"), the title says it all. "Sipoene Ser Deg" ("The Sipo Are Watching You") is about being watched by the government, here called the Sipo after the WW2 Nazi monitoring branch. You have to pay a lot of money if you want the original 7" but according to Flo of Heart Fist there is a legit re-release on the way. This news dates back to September 2001, and I still haven't seen any release though. There is however a lot of bootlegs floating about".

Just to add here that the legit re-release (with bonus track and same artwork) was on Hit Me! Records. now go and get it

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Detestation-A big white pat on the back 7"

Well, you know the band, you know the record, probably it was posted elsewhere before so there is no need for much blurb and it will be pretty short: A big white pat on the back was Detestation's picture disc, released back in 1998 on Clean Plate Records and consists of two tracks recorded during summer of 1996. The sound is a bit raw but dissent, as always Saira's voice is band's signature, A big white pat... is a high speed thrashing attack with nice basslines, Celtic Frost's Nocturnal has Detestation identity, it is played in their thrashing way and it is a good as the original,(listen the original version here and say what you think), lyrics of their track included in a sheet (check here)
Saira went on in Resolve and now is in Question and Faggot while the rest guys appeared in numerous great bands of Portland scene(Severed Head of State, Hellshock, Warnachine and many many others (Can someone make a family tree of Portland bands, please?). Clean Plate is the label behind a bunch of great releases of From Ashes Rise, Damad and others. Some more Detestation 7 inches are already here:split w Substandard, w Abuso Sonoro, w Beyond Description and the first 7" ever posted here, the Europa '98 tour 7".

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Corrupted-Dio injusto 7"

Time for some doomy stuff: The Japanese masters of funeral doom metal released Dio injusto 7" in 1999 on Frigidity Discos. The artwork looks like it comes from a D-Beat / crust band and not from a sludge/doom act, there are two pressings of it, both pressings have the same artwork, the second one has slightly different color. Music wise, this is haunting and pessimistic metal with slow pace: There are two tracks covering the sides and deliver sorrowful sludge/doom with rough and throaty vocals, heavy tuned-down guitar with some mammoth drones while bass is there to feed the slow pace . The guitar lines that rise from the doom swamp are nice and the repeating riff hypnotically appears again and again is sick and heavy.Actually, Dio injusto/Unfair God is one track sung in Spanish and English, side b follows from where side a ends and thats the explanation how they managed to zip a song in a 7".
Frigidity Discos released some of Corrupted records (Paso Inferior and some of their splits). No need to say anything about the band, if you want more infos check their site, their myshit or wiki, some Corrupted posts are already here:Anciano 7" and split w Sloth

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Capital Scum-Clutch the flag 7''

Here's some old scums from Belgium delivering absolute Discharge/Varukers worship : Capital Scum formed in 1983 in Scherpenheuvel and Clutch the flag was their first record, released by Hageland Records in 1986. In 1987 they released Tsjerno kills lp (Hageland) and appeared in several compilations including Extreme Noise tape (Extreme Noise zine, 1984), Alle 24 Goed lp(Punk Etc, 1985), Emma 2xlp(M.A. Draje, 1986) and others. In 1988 they called it quits, in 2002 they came back in action and the next year they released the Freakshow 7" and in 2005 the 100% Guilty cd.
For more details, bio,discog, pictures, etc about them check their site or Kill From The Heart.
Clutch the flag was recorded in Emma, Amsterdam's biggest squat back in these days and delivers five tracks and about eleven minutes of powerful hardcore D-Beat blending Varukers and Discharge. Songs are full of energy, guitar riffs are heavily influenced by Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing era and Varukers ep's, even the vocalist is close to Rat's voice. Nice stuff... There is a sixth track and its just some noise made by the guitar.
There is nothing else to say, go get it

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Crossing Chaos-Disgusting reality 7"

Swedish hardcore at its best: Crossing Chaos hail from Avesta, a municipality in the middle of Sweden, you probably know them and if you don't, check their myspace for a detailed biography.
Disgusting reality 7" was released in November of 2003 by Blindead Productions in 500 copies and it is out of print, actually the label offers it for free and so does with From the Nearest Liqour Store in Hell 7" and in case you didn't see this before Behind the glamorous face... 7" is posted here.
So there is no much left to say about it, Here you got it in 320kbps, full scans (and a limited number of downloads incl. a free beer card for Whispy's pub,so you have to be fast,hahaha!!). There are six tracks delivering raging Swedish hardcore with drums that create a chaotic Armageddon in a blending of Skitsystem, Disarm and Anti-Cimex. A Moderat Likvidation cover is included, the record comes in gatefold cover, black vinyl, the color of artwork is a little weird (not the typical black/white ) and lyrics included inside. The crust fashion of misprinted tracklist is here:Disgusting reality is B1 track and Enemy of the state is B2...
Thats it, go get it

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Active Minds-The lunatics have taken over the asylum 7" (flexi)

There is no much left to say about these punks, they are active since 1987 and in 2009 they keep playing gigs and releasing records, web is full of resources about them and more or less you probably have listened to their tunes before so there is no need to say anything about them or their music. The lunatics... is a flexi released in 1994 on a bunch of labels including Loony Tunes (their own label), Per Koro, DIY Rec.s (singer of Battle of Disarm 's own label), Nikt Nic Nie Wie Rec.s and many others. It comes in a news paper like cover including lyrics sheets in several languages: polish, Japanese, Spanish etc, actually i don't know if these writings are the lyrics or the translation of lyrics explanation that is included in English but in any case its worth to check.
Loony Tunes was Active Minds own label, apart from their records they released records from several other bands including Equilibrium 7" of Atavistic, Totalitar's Luftslott 7" and Satanic Malfaction's I 've had just had about it all i can take
Thats the short short rant. Go get it (all scans included), check also Protest zine for an old interview from 1994

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Disrupt-Rid the cancer 7"

Its been a long time since a Disrupt ep was posted here, so here is one more piece of shit by them: I don't know anything about this rarity and the guy who gave it doesn't known any shit too. Rid the cancer is a bootleg 7" released by D.A.M. Records (the label thats behind Disrupt/Resist-split ep). this must came out sometime in early/mid 90's and if i m not mistaken some years later a repress saw the light of day. Unfortunately there's no any info on the web, if you know any info about it (year of release, number of copies, vinyl color etc) just drop a line.
There are seven tracks here and as expected the usual grinding crust of Disrupt shreds, just to mention that the tracks come from different sessions: A side's three songs are taken from Disrupt 's side of 7" split with Destroy while B side's four tracks are taken from the split with Resist. The party lasts for about 9:20", definitely each session sounds different (A side sounds raw and more primitive) but both sides deliver the solid and manic grinding crust of Disrupt that we all know.
I d like to type some more shit but there is nothing to say,many thanks to George MK who contributed this rare shit.

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Born of Fire-Chosen by the gods 7"

Born of Fire was an all star band from Stockholm, Sweden, they formed in 2001 by some metalheads who were involved in bands such as Entombed, Dismember, Unleashed, Regurgitate and many others. As far as i know Chosen by the gods was their one and only release.
This is a Death metal ep but scenes of metal and hardcore seem to be close in Sweden(crust albums win Album of the Month award in magazines such as Close Up, band members step from one genre to the other and sometimes even musically both genres are not far) so a Swedish metal band could be accepted by a crustie and a kang hc band could win the taste of a metalhead. Born of Fire were one of these bands that could have fans in both genres
Music wise they deliver two tracks of solid and violent metal riffs helped by the powerful the production. Guitar sound is crispy and reminds of Dismember and Unleashed (guitarist Freddie Lindgren was in Unleashed) and its even close to crust bands such as Makiladoras. The whole thing is a blending of At The Gates, Dismember and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss era (Born of Fire is a song from Seasons... lp), Mr Dim's vocals are rough but not the usual extremely distorted growls. Lyrics are not included but i guess they move into metal territory, the copy here is one of the first 500 copies that came with a free postcard in a nice packaging and excellent artwork and colored vinyl.
There's nothing else to say, with so many ex- members there is no question about the quality of this, go get it

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死逗乐 (Si Du Le)- A dream in our heart 7" (from China)

I know what you are thinking: Chinese punk? no way, this must be a joke! Japan needs no comment, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines have numerous bands but China? Well, its true: Honestly, these guys come from the city of Wuhan, China and this is their 7" released on a German label...
i know absolutely nothing about 死逗乐 (Si Du Le, thats how these ideograms are pronounced), here's some things from Rock in China: A dream in our heart came out in 2004 on Deprived & Devilish Records in 500 copies. This is their only release, in 2003 they appeared in Travel in Desert cd comp,released by the Wuhan based label Wuhan New Stone Culture, members were involved with 400 Blows and SMZB
This was the 3rd record ever released by a Chinese band. The url that is printed inside the cover must be their site but the link is dead, (freedom of speech is still unknown to some places), there are only a few things written inside the cover about the band (they started around 1998) and personal thoughts about their ideals, about punk and how it influenced their way of thinking. Nice words indeed. In 2005 they toured in central Europe (Germany,Italy,France, Austria etc) with Vialka (France/Canada), they called it quits a few years later
Check wiki about Wuhan location, if you know anything about Chinese scene just drop a line, the only thing i know is Area Death Productions the label that released Sore Throat's-Death to Capitalist Halmshaw cd
Now about the music: There are two tracks here delivering punk tunes much better than what you expect, lyrics are personal and included,sound quality is very good. are you curious about it? go get it!

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Abstain/Unholy Grave-split 7"

A split with the California grinders Abstain and Unholy Grave from Nagoya, Japan: There's no need for much rant here since both bands are known and records of them are posted here (Abstain's split w Nasum and split w Denak and Unholy Grave's Unreleased 7"). "Hate in the head/The fact" came out in 1998 by Agitate 96 Records in 514 pieces and delivers seven grinding anthems: Abstain bring three tracks of their hyperfast old school grind and Unholy Grave contribute four songs of mentally sick Jap grind. You probably listened to the bands before and what you expect is familiar so there's nothing to say about, only this: The lyrical content is the usual for Abstain but some of Unholy Grave's lyric lines are far from what could be described as a writing of some people who just express anger and wrath even if they are not deep in the topic: they seem to be be confused or irrelevant, i mean some lyrics seem to be written by a neoliberal or a conservative mind despite in some of the songs their lyrics are not bad (read their stuff, lyrics are included inside for both bands). Anyway, just focus in the music and get the usual dose of grind.
That was the short rant, now go get it

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Beardsley-Diamond 7"

No much free time lately and there 's no way to save time and scan, rip etc so this is going to be short and its about something that i uploaded some time ago: Beardlsey was a female fronted punk from Japan, they formed sometime in mid '80s and all i know about them is their discog, (thats printed on back cover):Crank Up (flexi, 1986), Fly the flag 7"(1986), Image file 7" (1987),Flawless Punk Rock 7"(1987), The warning 7" (1988) and Diamond (1991). All releases minus Diamond were released by Halloween Records. In 1990 they released the Bandit Boy six track cd on Gong Records.
Diamond came out in 1991 on Lost & Found Records (Germany) and consists of three punk tracks and 10 minutes of punk rock with nice melodic female vocals.
Google search gives no any information about the record or the band, if you know anything about just drop a line, now go get it and make a trip back to the roots

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To What End?-And history repeats itself 7" (repost)

And history repeats itself was posted in April '07 and here it is again with full scans, ripped @320 and free beers for everyone. i don't believe there is a single crustie out there who doesn't know To What End?, right? in case that happens, check Swedish Punk for their bio.
For the history, these three tracks were recorded for a demo that Yellow Dogs decided to release in 7" format and they did well cos this ep shreds: "By the begining of the year both Martin(ex-Burning Kitchen), Elenor(Ex- Gruesome action) and Micke(Today's Overdose, ex-Wolfbrigade) had join the band with Elias(ex- Second thought) and Dadde (Asta kask, Today's Overdose, Ex- Wolfbrigade, Imperial Leather, SME etc) and Jocke(Today's Overdose, Ex-Wolfbrigade, Wolfpack, SME)...We started rehearsing and it sounded pretty good. After some time we decided to record a demo, which later that year ended up as our first 7" on Yellow Dog". Too many great ex-bands connected here, the outcome of demo was hopeful and became a 7" and finally what was born was great, the rest is history. Find more in the old post or in TWE? myspace. Recently they released the long awaited split 7" with Witch Hunt which is as good as expected
Thats the short short rant, i d like to post something from Aus Rotten since Pittsburgh,their homeland has become the host of G20 but their ep's were posted before. Anyway, go get it @320+scans and ask Whisp to bring the beers. (the price for his long hiatus from blogging. i still remember this photo from a TWE? gig and Whisp dancing in front of Eleonor, this would be a document of the Lady Crust writer for the future crustie generations)

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Resent-st 7"

Resent were a shortlived three piece hardcore band from Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. They formed in 1997, they existed for two years, they released a s/t ep and appeared in Profane Existence's "Aftermath" benefit comp amongst many great bands of these days, they called it quits around 1999.
Kenny, the guitarist of the band sent this about a month ago, to be honest i never heard about Resent before but i m sure i have seen the 7" front cover artwork used by another (probably a grindcore) band but can't remember when and what about. (or it was just a flyer?)
Anyway, their one and only ep was self-released in 1998 on green vinyl and only 100 copies were made (fuckin rare, isn't it? in 1999 50-100 more copies were pressed) and delivers four tracks of rough US hardcore, good enough to stare in the eye some well known bands. The sound is dissent and rough and all songs move mostly in mid pace. The dnwld folder includes the ep, some out take tracks, the song from Aftermath comp plus a handful of other tracks in a little rawer quality that were recorded but never appeared in official release, there is also a .txt file with information about the band.

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Contagium-st 7"

Well, we are back after this break, actually was not a break since Crust Demos was active these past months, anyway, break, hiatus or whatever, here we are again. New oldies are added in my 7" list, some reposts are going to appear, some new ep's were sent by the bands, Whisp is moving in a new place and will be away for a while so i have to do the usual job.

Rob of Contagium sent this ep while the blog was active (or in break time, i don't remember..) and was indexed as a spam, finally i got it and despite it has been posted elsewhere i think it deserves to be here since its a great record and a hopeful beginning of a new band
Contagium (The causative agent of a communicable disease, in Latin) formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2008 and about a year ago they recorded a demo delivering five tracks of stenching heavy metallic crust having its root in the UK crust scene of '80's. back in the day there were a powerful new track (Remains) with better sound quality in their myspace revealing the abilities and power of band, a few months the ep came out on Black Raven Records consisting of this track plus two more stenchcore anthems. The stuff is heavy as hell with metal influenced guitars, mid paced beat with some fast outbreaks, screamed/yell vocals, excellent sound quality and the usual artwork for a crust record. Great stuff! A travel in time that brings into present the stenching crust of Deviated Instinct, Axegrinder and the likes, This is thick and heavy, placed somewhere between Misery and Hellshock.
Thanks to Rob for sending this and apologize for being too late to post it, in the meantime the band gave the ep to Moshpit Tragedy, so there will not be any link, go to M-T for it

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Zoe-From hell 7"

This is the last post, the last month i had many thoughts about it and finally i decided it. Whisp is too busy to take over and i have some reasons of my own to to stop updating the blog.
So this is it but this is not the end, probably there will be a come back but is too soon to say when, its hard to quit from something you love and when you have spent so much time makes it harder, but sometimes is necessary to have a break
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Metallic crust from Osaka, Japan: Zoe formed around 1997/98 by members of Gloom but despite the fact they were born from the line up of a crasher crust band they deliver something completely different: They sound like a 21th century incarnation of Amebix or like a band that was created in a laboratory of a lunatic scientist who's obsessed by Amebix legacy
They had many line up changes until 2002 when they recorded "The Beginning" demo ep, their discography includes From Hell 7" (2003) and The Last Axe Beat lp (2004).
From Hell was released by Crust War Records in 2003, actually Crust War released all Zoe recordings, (Gloom members were involved with the label and Crust War zine as well). Music wise this is Amebix worship as it can gets. Tm Spider (guit/vox) did the lay out and production, there are three tracks here delivering tunes that could be played by Amebix back in days of Arise and Monolith, first track is too long (about 5:30) while the whole record lasts about 8:30"), these tracks were supposed to be released in a split with Effigy that never saw the light of day, thats why both bands have a ep called From Hell
Apart from Gloom, Zoe members were also involved in bands such as Algolagnia, Warcy, Framtid and other Osaka crust acts, (the insert has their history but is in Japanese), they also appeared in All Crusties Spending Loud Night dvd, in a Amebix tribute comp. w Japanese bands and The Darkest Four tape. MCR Company did the distribution in Japan, some copies must be still available

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Holokaust-st 7"

This is D-Beat from west coast, USA: Holokaust hail from Riverside, Bernardino, California, they formed in 1999 and this is their first 7", released in 2002 by After the Bombs Records.
Their discography includes split ep's w Dissystema (2003, Cries of Pain) and Against Empire (2004, Threat to Existence), in 2005 they released their first lp, Into The Void of Oblivion on Despotic Records. In 2006 a tour split 7" w Worhorse in a limited number of copies came out on Nuclear BBQ Party Records, it is supposed they are working on their second full length but i don't know anything about.
The s/t 7" delivers three tracks, War covers side A and its about six minutes long, too long for a B-Beat song but the song structure works really nice: It starts with an instrumental intro with melodic guitar, nice bass lines and drums, (it reminds me a lot of Greek hardcore/punk bands of 80's) and then it turns into a powerful hardcore storm with a D-Beat touch and a nice riff that stays in your mind, the slower part in the middle and the guitar solo make it really awesome. Nightmare and Behind the Barbwire are straight forward hardcore D-Beat anthems. Vocals are rough and shouting, music wise guitar delivers a nice blending of Discharge, Varukers and the likes, bass and percussion are just great and decent and complete the whole picture. As expected, artwork is in the usual black n white anti-war standards, vinyl labels are blank, lyrics of all tracks deal about war and are printed on back cover
Go get it. you can also read their interview in Agitate #10

Holokaust-st 7"

Acheborn-(The) Demon love 7"/Systral-Maximum Entertainment 7''

I don't know much about Acheborn, i was going to send a mail to Pope since he is the perfect recourse for information when its about a German band but then i saw and old post of him telling that he was bored with this ep, so i had to make in on my onwn. Now honestly, this is not the best advertising for the record but who cares anyway?
We met both bands in their amazing split. Acheborn were from Münster another band of Bremen scene: Their discography includes (The) demon love 7", the split w/ Systral and "Tuesday is dead" lp/cd (1999, Trans Solar Rec.s), i don't know if they released anything else, some members later joined The Data Break.
(The) Demon love 7" was recorded in (where else?) Kuschelrocks Studio in summer of '96 and was released the same year by Defiance Records, it deliver four tracks in the typical Bremen school screamo core with thick guitars, high intensity in riffs and screaming vocals.
This was contributed by Kenny (thanks man!) and covers were found on the web. And as bonus 7" here's Maximum Entertainment tracks from Systral,taken from "Fever...The Maximum Carnage" cd: It was released by Pero Koro back in 1995, the whole record is a kind of concept since the tracks are connected with samples and create a story in a near future cyberworld, imagine a future society in decline and you got the soundtrack of a downfall . There are nine tracks,some of them too short and weave a story of industrial terror. Intensity is the key word: Brutal vocals and high intense riffs delivering the brutality of Morser infiltrated by metalcore and grind filters.
No more rant, go get them and tell which one you like

Acheborn-(The) Demon love 7" & Systral-Maximum Entertainment 7''