Organism - Hope

Artist: Organism
Title: Hope...
Release: 2007
Label: self released

Track List:
1. Hope
2. Neet
3. Humanity
4. Hell
5. Judge
6. Production of Desires
7. No Freedom
8. Self

Here's Organism. Raging hardcore from Osaka. Kinda like a waking seizure. This really ought to be more well known than it is.

As is often the case, this has been posted elsewhere. But this rip is better. I guarantee it.



Download: Organism - Hope... (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

No multiupload.com link since it appears to no longer exist.

Gauze - 貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って

Artist: Gauze
Title: 貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って
Release 2007
Label: XXX Records

Track List:
1. 39℃
2. 出稼ぎ船 (Dekasegi Fune, Migrant Boat)
3. すっぱい匂い (Suppai Nioi, Sour Stench)
4. しょんべん横丁 (Shonben Yokochou, Piss Alley)
5. 大きなサツマイモ (Ooki na Satsumaimo, Big Sweet Potato)
6. 開かずの踏切 (Kazu Hiraku Fumikiri, Kazu Hiraku Crossing)
7. メシ喰え (Meshi Kue, Eat)
8. 愛しき不器用者 (Itoshi Ki Bukiyou Mono, Dear Bungler)
9. みっともない (Mittomonai, Shameful)
10. 貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って (Binbou Yusurino Rizumu ni Notte, Blackmail, the Rhythm of Poverty)

I've been meaning to post this for a while now. This is Gauze's latest record, from 2007. You know what to expect here, fast thrashy Japanese hardcore. 13 songs in 10 minutes! That's what I like to hear.

If you downloaded this before 5:45 CST on March 4th, 2011 please redownload this as I originally posted a rip from another blog. I forgot I had downloaded a FLAC copy of this album but hadn't converted it to mp3 yet.

Download: Gauze - 貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload
Download: Gauze - 貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Unit 21 - Brain Shred

Artist: Unit 21
Title: Brain Shred
Release: 2007
Label: Under the Surface Records

Track List:
1. Burn the Days
2. Tour Withdrawal
3. Human Oxen
4. Let's Have Fun
5. Soccer Mom
6. Brain Shred
7. We Continue
8. Rise Fall Repeat
9. Empire Laid to Waste
10. Strangle the Reason

An appropriately named album if I've ever seen one. "Brain Shred" marks a dramatic improvement in terms of song writing and playing for Unit 21. Not that they were bad before, but this record is much more cohesive and polished. Those are usually dirty words for anything remotely DIY but I say just because it's punk doesn't mean it can't be done well.

Also, check out that artwork by Sugi. Goddamn.

Download: Unit 21 - Brain Shred (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Unit 21 - Brain Shred (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Sacred Shock - Demo

Artist: Sacred Shock
Title: Demo
Release: 2007
Label: Self Released

Track List:
1. Deadlines
2. Pedestal
3. Planet Decay
4. Bridge Burner
5. Best Interest
6. Sacred Shock

I've been meaning to post this for a while.

Sacred Shock is yet another band brought to you by Machine Gun Romantics/Hatred Surge mastermind Alex Hughes.

You're probably going to need to crank up the volume on this one. When I was ripping the tape I noticed that the sound was clipping off causing lots of bad distortion. Sadly the only way to remedy that problem is to re-record the tape with a lower input level on the line in. This means the sound is better but the volume is lower. I had to re-record it like five times to get it right.

Download: Sacred Shock - Demo (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Sacred Shock - Demor (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Cøma - Sic Semper Tyrannis

Artist: Cøma
Title: Sic Semper Tyrannis
Release: 2007
Label: self released

Track List:
1. Self-Induced Manipulation / Nation of One
2. Sic Semper Tyrannis
3. We Are the Dead of a Dying Breed

Cøma was a short lived side project of Kill the Client's Chris "Hollywood" Richardson that later turned into Cleric. Other members of the band were also in Terms of Grey and Serious Youth. I thought about writing a description of what they sound like, but I think the cover art for this demo sums it up better than I could. If you like metal with plenty of tempo changes or songs with a strong political message this is for you.

Download: Cøma - Sic Semper Tyrannis (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Cøma - Sic Semper Tyrannis (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Neighborhood Villain - Demo 2007

Artist: Neighborhood Villain
Title: Demo 2007
Release: 2007
Label: self released

Track List:
1. Over and Over
2. Working Class Zero
3. Hope for Man
4. 5 Senses

If Gjared Robinson ever asks you if you have two dollars it might be a good idea to answer yes. It probably means he's gonna force you into buying a demo for a band he's in. And that's a good thing.

When Gjared told me his new band was gonna sound like Dag Nasty I was beyond stoked. There aren't many bands that play that kind of melodic hardcore these days, much less play it with passion like it's still 1989. With members from tons of bands from Dallas, far too many to mention in fact, Neighborhood Villain plays an energetic style of hardcore that grows on you with each listen.

This demo shows lots of Dag Nasty, early Lifetime, and Quicksand influence both musically and lyrically. It's a damn shame they broke up since every time I got to see them play they put on an intense and emotional show that always improved over the last time. They did eventually release an EP in late 2008 before they kinda of just stopped playing shows.

Download: Neighborhood Villain - Demo 2007 (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Neighborhood Villain - Demo 2007 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

On My Side - Redefinition

Artist: On My Side
Title: Redefinition
Release: 2007
Label: Words of War Records

Track List:
1. Firm Grasp
2. On My Side
3. Definition
4. Speak Out
5. Prison Break
6. Do It Right
7. Gossip

I miss this band so much. It still bums me out that they broke up. Great dudes playing great hardcore with extremely positive lyrics is what you're in for here. Musically they remind me of Judge and other similar late 80's NYHC bands but Carlos' lyrics are far more upbeat and far less negative. He told me once that he actually had a cold that caused his sinuses to back up when they were recording this so the vocals didn't turn out how they wanted at all.

Carlos was awesome enough to send me a CD copy of the "Redefinition" EP the other day. I've heard this a thousand times, but it's always been rips from a cassette or vinyl, and never ones done properly. So hearing it with this much clarity for the first time is, for myself, a real treat.

Download: On My Side - Redefinition (CD) (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: On My Side - Redefinition (CD) (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire


Here's a little bonus (I guess...). This is a rip of my cassette copy. I got a decent tape deck at Goodwill for like 8 bucks a couple of months ago so I've decided to start ripping some of my cassettes. After some minor tweaking in Adobe Audition I'd say this sounds pretty damn good for a tape. But still not as good as the CD.

Scans of the cover and lyrics insert included.

Download: On My Side - Redefinition (Cassette) (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: On My Side - Redefinition (Cassette) (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Systematic Death - Systemania 2

Artist: Systematic Death
Title: Systemania 2
Release: 2007
Label: Fade In Records

Track List:
1. Hi (7" Version)
2. 25
3. Island (7" Version)
4. Free (7" Version)
5. Check
6. Whisky (7" Version)
7. May Peace Prevail on Earth
8. Tonight
9. Jap Gate
10. Disobey
11. アニーにくびったけ
12. Don't Stop My Way
13. Underage
14. Chance
15. Liar
16. かんきせん
17. Don't Stop My Way (LP Version)
18. No! Rental
19. New York City (LP Version)
20. Inside
21. Color
22. Let's Go Back
23. Underage
24. Open Your Eyes
25. Jock
26. Bad Boy
27. Don't Stop My Way
28. Jap Gate
29. Jock
30. Free
31. Hi
32. New York City
33. Island
34. Whisky
35. アニーにくびったけ
36. Step
37. Sink You (7" Version)
38. Light (7" Version)
39. Read on Speed
40. Gamble
41. Bad Boy (7" Version)

Second part of the discography collection.

Tracks 1-6 from "Flash Back (Systema 3)' 7" (1986, Selfish Records)
Track 7 previously unreleased but recorded for "AA Record Omnibus" compilation (1986)
Tracks 8-12 from "Thrash 'Til Death" compilation (1986, Selfish Records)
Tracks 13-22 from "Final Insider/Lucky Time" LP (1987, Selfish Records)
Tracks 23-26 from "My Meat's Your Poison" compilation LP (1987, Kagamousou Records)
Tracks 27-35 from "Stimulate (Systema V)" cassette tape (1987, Systema Project)
Tracks 36-41 from "Gratis" 7" (1988, Systema Project)

"Stimulate (Systema V)" was sold at "Pipe-Cut Gig Vol.16" at Jean Genie, Yokohama on October 24, 1987. The recordings for "Jap Gate", "Jock", and "Hi" were sent to France in order to be included in Jungle Hop Records' 1988 "Virus" compilation LP.

"Gratis" was given away for free at "Super Battle Royal'88" in the Toshima Public Hall, Ikebukuro, July 17, 1988.

Download: Systematic Death - Systemania 2 (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload
Download: Systematic Death - Systemania 2 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Systematic Death - Systemania 1

Artist: Systematic Death
Title: Systemania 1
Release: 2007
Label: Fade In Records

Track List:
1. 77kids (Demo)
2. 腐乱死体 (Demo)
3. Japanese Punx (Demo)
4. Save (Demo)
5. Systematic Death (Demo)
6. かんきせん (Demo)
7. U.S. City (Demo)
8. Next You (Demo)
9. So What (Demo)
10. Sink You (Demo)
11. Instro (Demo)
12. Save (Flexi Version)
13. 77kids (Flexi Version)
14. Systematic Death (Flexi Version)
15. Sink You (Flexi Version)
16. U.S. City (Flexi Version)
17. Alley Army (Flexi Version)
18. 腐乱死体 (Live)
19. Japanese Punx (Live)
20. Disobey (Outtake)
21. Japanese Punx (Outtake)
22. Alley Army / Life / Disobey (Live)
23. Save
24. 77kids
25. Sink You
26. U.S. City
27. Alley Army
28. 腐乱死体
29. Japanese Punx
30. So What
31. 一神教
32. Oi Oi Oi
33. Island
34. U.P.P
35. Systematic Death
36. Disobey
37. Life
38. Pinfu Nippon
39. かんきせん
40. Near By War
41. Tokyo City (Live)
42. Fight Go (Live)
43. From Hell
44. Trial

This is the first compilation record from Systematic Death. The second one will be posted shortly. Off the top of my head I can't really think of many other bands from Japan that draw such obvious influence from Minor Threat. If you're not already familiar with Systematic Death then that should give you an indication as to what to expect. Fast, straight-forward, hardcore punk.

This particular encode is from a FLAC rip from the same generous soul that made available FLAC rips that some of my previous posts are encoded from. I've seen other half assed rips elsewhere on the internet which is a damn shame. If you're gonna do it do it right, sheesh.

Tracks 1-11 from the demo cassette tape (1983)
Tracks 12-19 from "Systema" 7" flexi (1984, Hold Up Records)
Tracks 20-21 are outtakes from the "Systema" recordings
Track 22 from "Hold Up Omnibus" 8" compilation (Hold Up Records, 1984)
Tracks 23-44 from "Systema 2" cassette tape (1984, Systema Project)

Download: Systematic Death - Systemania 1 (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload
Download: Systematic Death - Systemania 1 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Lie and Wait - 2 Song Tour Demo

Artist: Lie and Wait
Title: 2 Song Tour Demo
Release: 2007
Label: Self Released

Track List:
1. King for a Day
2. Apostasy

I've posted Lie and Wait before. As this release's title suggests this is a two song demo Lie and Wait handed out during a tour some time in 2007. I don't really remember which tour at this point, but I do know I got this from them at The Way it Is fest which they played.

The first track "King for a Day" is pretty par for the course with Lie and Wait. For the most part mid paced with plenty of distortion on the guitars. Tyler is pissed at something and I'm pretty certain it's either society or religion or both.

"Apostasy" is a little bit faster at times but slows down just before a pretty awesome build up about half way through. This song reminds me of earlier No Warning more than anything else Lie and Wait did.

I seem to recall this coming out after their last album "Led Astray", but that may just be because I might not have seen them in the months immediately before its release. I got my copy after the album was out. The fact that a far more polished version of "Apostasy" appears on the album I'm inclined to believe this is from before it. "King for a Day" doesn't appear on anything else so maybe it just didn't make the cut. Next time I see any of them I'll ask.

Good luck finding this anywhere else.

Download: Lie and Wait - 2 Song Tour Demo (LAME 3.98r V0)

Crow - 破滅ノ羽音 (Hametsu no Haoto, The Beating of the Wings of Destruction)

Artist: Crow
Title: 破滅ノ羽音 (Hametsu no Haoto, The Beating of the Wings of Destruction)
Release: 2007
Label: Crow Records

Track List:
1. 破滅ノ羽音 (Hametsu no Haoto, The Beating of the Wings of Destruction)
2. 弔イノ鐘 (Tomurai no Kane, Funeral Bell)
3. 祈リ呪イ (Inori Noroi, Malediction)
4. 囁ク鏡 (Sasayaku Kagami, Whispering Mirror)
5. LAST CHAOS

This is one awesome LP. I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy at Chaos in Tejas last week. It's a picture disc with some of the most bitchin' artwork I've seen in a while. From what I was told 1000 were pressed, 150 of them were given special silk screened Chaos in Tejas 2010 edition covers. I'm not certain if the ones with the Chaos in Tejas covers were from the original batch of 1000 made in 2007 or if they were part of a repress.

This copy is from the vinyl release. Side A is just one song. Side B is the next 4 songs all in one file since it all sort of runs together.

In the future whenever I post something from Japan I'm going to try and post any titles that are in kanji/kana in both romaji and in as accurate of English as I can muster.

You can still buy a CD version of this album over at Hardcore Holocaust. If/when I scrape the money together to get the CD version I will replace this post with a proper rip from the CD.

Download: Crow - 破滅ノ羽音 (LAME 3.97 V2)