Zouo - The Final Agony (CD from Box Set)

Artist: Zouo
Title: The Final Agony
Release: 2012
Label: Black Lodge

1. Sons of Satan
2. Making Love with Devil
3. No Power
4. Bloody Master
5. Frustration
6. You Like It That Way
7. Survivor
8. No Power
9. Making Love with Devil
10. Bloody Master
11. You Like It That Way
12. Violent Age
13. Frustration
14. System Fuck Off
15. Change Your Life
16. Out of Order
17. Dance
18. Sons of Satan

Holy crap guys, it's Zouo.

For the longest time I always thought I'd only ever have poorly ripped mp3s of the one EP Zouo put out in 1984 and the two songs on "Hardcore Unlawful Assembly". While they're not quite as popular as some of the bigger similar bands of the era (G.I.S.M., etc.) just about everyone I know that is aware of who they are loves "The Final Agony". Well, like a year ago or so it seems that someone over in Japan realized that people actually want to have a chance to hear their music or something because there's been a slew of reissues and an LP with songs that were only recorded live.

This CD is from an awesome box set that came out earlier this summer. It's also the first time any of these songs have been on CD. It also came with a live set DVD. The CD itself combines all of the recent reissue material.

Tracks 1-4 from "The Final Agony" 7" (1984, AA Records)
Tracks 5-6 from "Frustration" 7" (2011, Crust War Records)
Tracks 7-18 recorded live at Duck Studio in Osaka 1984/9/7

If you can read Japanese you can find more information about the box set over at Black Lodge's website. It doesn't say if this is sold out. But I'm gonna go ahead and assume it probably is.

NO POWER!

Download: Zouo - The Final Agony (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Forward - Burn Down the Corrupted Justice

Artist: Forward
Title: Burn Down the Corrupted Justice
Release: 2004
Label: H.G.Fact

1. Fuck Bush!!
2. Choice
3. 無限
4. Coerce
5. The Basis
6. 望叶給
7. 幻
8. ブチコメ!!
9. In the Fight
10. Welcome to the Underground
11/ Isolation

So Ishiya walks up to my friend Uriel, who is wearing a Death Side shirt, and points and just says "Bootleg!" and then laughs. Called ouuuuuuut.

Download: Forward - Burn Down the Corrupted Justice (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Forward - Fucked Up!!

Artist: Forward
Title: Fucked Up!!
Release: 2002
Label: H.G.Fact

1. Simple True
2. I Save Me
3. Never Lost Your Self
4. What?
5. Freedom?
6. Fucked Up!!
7. Failure
8. Change

Fucked up public opinion!

Download: Forward - Fucked Up!! (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Forward - While You Alive

Artist: Forward
Title: While You Alive
Release: 1998
Label: H.G.Fact

1. Melt to the Other Side
2. Penetration
3. Absolutely
4. Fight Against
5. Over the Matter of Course
6. Vomit All / Change

I've finally stopped aching from Choas in Tejas. If you've never been, it's like Christmas only way more punk.

This year's personal highlight was without a doubt Forward. I missed them the last time they came through the US in 2006 so I made it a point to see them three times. It's a good thing I have a real job this year, because at past Chaos in Tejas' I've had to make hard decisions about what bands I want to support. This year I was able to get a copy of every CD/record Forward had with them. So here's the first of the CDs, "While You Alive" from 1998. I think "Absolutely" might be my favorite Forward song.

I'll post the rest of the Forward stuff, plus some other things I picked up during Chaos in Tejas, over the next few days. This CD can still be purchased, but be prepared to pay a lot more than the standard $10!.

Here's some video's from their show in Denton a few days before Chaos in Tejas.






The last one is Forward covering G.I.S.M.'s "Endless Blockades of the Pussyfooter". Too bad it doesn't keep going, because right after that they covered "Nih Nightmare".

Download: Forward - While You Alive (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

On a kind of related note, Sugi, artist and bass player for Warhead is finally putting out an artbook through Bloodsucker Records. I had the immense honor of meeting Sugi for the first time in Denton and had several delightful conversations with him during Choas in Tejas. When he mentioned his artbook I have to admit I got a little giddy. I kind of collect things with his art on it, so an actual book with his stuff is something I've dreamed of for a long time. If you were smart you'd send Guy an email at diskshopmisery@gmail.com and order a copy.

Crow - Last Chaos (reissue)

Artist: Crow
Title: Last Chaos (reissue)
Release: 1994
Label: Overthrow Records

1. Anarchy Chaos destruction
2. War
3. Crow
4. No Violence
5. Give Up All Hope
6. The Day of Annihilation
7. Last Chaos
8. Storms of Despair
9. Is This Fiction?
10. Hiroshima Nagasaki
11. For Fucking State
12. Give Peace a Chance
13. Air Attack
14. Last Chaos

Last release from Crow that I have.

Download: Crow - Last Chaos (reissue) (LAME 3.93 192 kbps) Mediafire

Crow - A Sacrifice for the Vicious Dominant and Bloodsheded Justice

Artist: Crow
Title: A Sacrifice for the Vicious Dominant and Bloodsheded Justice
Release: 2005
Label: Prank Records

1. Destroy It: Destroy the Twisted Justice
2. Destroy It: Destroy the Miserable Dominant

More from Crow.

Download: Crow - A Sacrifice for the Vicious Dominant and Bloodsheded Justice (LAME 3.97 320 kbps) Mediafire

Crow - 終焉の扉

Artist: Crow
Title: 終焉の扉
Release: 1998
Label: Crow Records

1. 終焉の扉
2. My Last Dream
3. Scapegoat

More from Crow.

Download: Crow - 終焉の扉 (LAME 3.92 V0 vbr old) Mediafire

Crow - 眩暈 / 占領下日本

Artist: Crow
Title: 眩暈 / 占領下日本
Release: 2010
Label: Prank Records

1. 眩暈
2. 占領下日本

So since I was reuploading what I had already posted by Crow I figured I'd upload the rest of what I have.

Download: Crow - 眩暈 / 占領下日本 (LAME 3.97 V2) Mediafire

解剖室 - 邪

Artist: 解剖室 (Kaiboushitsu, Autopsy Room)
Title: 邪 (Yokoshi, Wicked)
Release: 2010
Label: H.G.Fact

1. 夜ニ狂ヘ (Yoru Ni Kyou He, Two Crazy Nights)
2. 谺 (Kodama, Tree Spirit)
3. 寄生蟲 (Kiseichuu, Parasite)
4. 傷 (Kizu, Wound)
5. 邪 (Yokoshi, Wicked)
6. 口 (Kuchi, Mouth)
7. 霊柩車 (Reikyuusha, Hearse)
8. 髪 (Kami, Hair)

I recently dropped a silly amount of money on records from Punk Alive Records (and you should to!). As I was browsing Matt's wares I came across this LP. I'm not exactly literate in Japanese so the only clue as to what it was was the H.G.Fact logo on the back. I tried to look it up but my 3G wasn't working at a reasonable speed so I decided to take a chance and buy it without knowing what I was getting. Not that it was a risky bet or anything, I can't think of a single release on H.G.Fact that I've heard and haven't at least liked a fair amount.

Now, I had a sneaking suspicion based on the artwork that it might be something Crow related. Some Crow records share the distinctively creepy style of line art found on the cover (I really wish I had a scanner big enough to do LP covers). Turns out I sorta was right, it's not a Crow record, but it is a Crow side-project. Kaiboushitsu means either Autopsy Room or Dissecting Room. I think Autopsy Room sounds cooler and Google image search turns up plenty of pictures of morgues and autopsy rooms so I think that's probably the more accurate translation. Google also turned up this blog post with a link to their first record. As luck would have it, this thing is super limited, 700 copies with no plans for a CD release!

So what does it sound like? Well, it kinda reminds me of Paintbox combined with Crow's other side-project Death Comes Along. Wailing vocals that sometimes border on carrying a tune but mostly sound like a agonized ghostly howl. The music walks a very fine line between being just downright gloomy and being standard Japanese punk from the 80's. The songs range from barely a minute to 16 and a half, with tempos to match. I think my favorite track is "谺", it's fast and is surprisingly catchy given the overall vibe of the rest of the record.

Here's a video of Kaiboushitsu playing this last December:



Download: 解剖室 - 邪 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

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.

The Gaia - No.1

Artist: The Gaia
Title: No.1
Release: 1994
Label: Six Weeks Records

Track List:
1. You Are No. 1
2. No Sleep. No Dream
3. Dream Machine
4. Why Not?
5. Boys (The Beatles)
6. なだれ

I can't say I know much about this band other than they were all female, from Tokyo, and are totally awesome. If you're familiar with Six Weeks Records and haven't heard The Gaia then you probably know what you're getting into anyways. Fast loud hardcore that verges on the edge of what some might call power violence. As far as this record goes it's definitely just straight up hardcore punk. Track 5 is cover of The Beatles.

Download: The Gaia - No.1 (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: The Gaia - No.1 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

CTR - 狂い咲きサンダーロード!!

Artist: CTR
Title: 狂い咲きサンダーロード!!
Release: 2004
Label: H.G.Fact

Track List:
1. いきないインセイン
2. 小人とツイスト
3. あけてくれ



CTR isn't the band playing in this video, but it is where this 7"'s name comes from. It does it justice too.

Download: CTR - 狂い咲きサンダーロード!! (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: CTR - 狂い咲きサンダーロード!! (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

No Way I'm in Panic

Artist: Various
Title: No Way I'm in Panic
Release: 1998
Label: Mangrove Label

Track List:
1. Freaks - Faster
2. Flux Cored Wire - Keep
3. Assfort - Ejaculation Remix

This is a pretty awesome compilation featuring three Japanese bands (or is it a three way split?). Freaks and Flux Cored Wire are both fairly typical and fairly good Japanese hardcore. Assfort is too, but their track on this is some sort of weird lo-fi remix. Not a whole lot of replay value on that side. But the Freaks/Flux Cored Wire side is fantastic.

Download: Various - No Way I'm in Panic (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Various - No Way I'm in Panic (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Charm - 顰

Artist: Charm
Title: 顰 (Shikami)
Release: 2004
Label: 625 Thrashcore

Track List:
1. 闇よ追って来い
2. 愛憎
3. 無用の助
4. 雨がトンズラ
5. ガラクタ
6. 人因線
7. スクリーン・デス
8. 底なしの閉銷感
9. バビロンの圧勝
10. Rabid Dogs (Corrosion of Conformity)

I picked this one up the same night I got the Fuck on the Beach/Matka Teresa split. This was put out by 625 Thrashcore so you should know what to expect here. They also do a bad ass Corrosion of Conformity cover. I would kill to be at some of their upcoming shows (as of when this post was written).

The name of this 7", 顰 (shikami) means knitted brows or frown and is also a type of mask used in 能 (Noh) plays for portraying angry evil spirits.

This record caught me by surprise in a very unusual way. The A side plays at 33 rpm and the B side plays at 45 rpm. I didn't notice until after I recorded the B side and it was way slower than the A side. I've always wondered if anyone out there has ever done that. I guess the answer is yes.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the tracklist on discogs.com for this 7" is wrong (track 8 specifically). You can double check the scans of the back and inside to see so yourself.

Download: Charm - 顰 (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Charm - 顰 (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

Fuck on the Beach/Matka Teresa - All the World / Untitled

Artist: Fuck on the Beach/Matka Teresa
Title: All the World / Untitled
Release: 2003
Label: Regurgitated Semen Records

Track List:
1. Fuck on the Beach - All the World
2. Fuck on the Beach - Throat or Die
3. Matka Teresa - Society Sucks
4. Matka Teresa - Out of Step
5. Matka Teresa - From Education To...
6. Matka Teresa - Last Pray in the Way to Hell
7. Matka Teresa - Restricted (Rot)

Fuck yeah! I've been looking for this one for a long time. I love Fuck on the Beach and a good digital copy of this split with Amsterdam grindcore outfit Matka Teresa has been impossible to find. Fortunately, Matt from Wild//Tribe had a copy in his awesome distro, Punk Alive Records, at a show this past evening. He doesn't have anything up for sale on his blog right now, but he said he would soon. You should definitely check it out. His prices are almost too fair.

Anyways, here's the split, freshly ripped and converted to V0 mp3. Covers included.

Download: Fuck on the Beach/Matka Teresa - All the World / Untitled (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Fuck on the Beach/Matka Teresa - All the World / Untitled (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

The Comes - No Side (reissue)

Artist: The Comes
Title: No Side (reissue)
Release: 2008 (originally 1983)
Label: Dogma Records

Track List:
1. No Side
2. Case
3. Public Cicle
4. Wa-Ka-Me
5. さらけだせ
6. 究極
7. バカコケ
8. 人間狩り
9. Panic
10. 工場
11. Medium
12. 金 (Live)
13. I Love You (Live)
14. Dead Body (Live)

Classic hardcore (punk) from Tokyo with female vocals. This is a reissue of their 1983 LP "No Side" with 3 additional live tracks.

I generally hate it when bands are described as being "female fronted". I think if the music is good then whether it's a dude or a girl singing is largely irrelevant. But given that The Comes are from the early 80's I can't help but imagine that having a female hardcore vocalist made them quite the exception. I mean, it would even today, but I just suspect more so back then. This isn't just boys fun, but you have to admit the gender ratio sure is pretty skewed.

I've read someone in this band went on be in Lip Cream. Not sure who though.

Download: The Comes - No Side (reissue) (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: The Comes - No Side (reissue) (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

D-Clone/Nerveskade - Obscene Noize Violence

Artist: D-Clone/Nerveskade
Title: Obscene Noize Violence
Release: 2011
Label: Hardcore Survives Records

Track List:
1. D-Clone - Mental Disorder
2. D-Clone - Mangle Trivial Daily Life
3. Nerveskade - Debt
4. Nerveskade - Stabbing Brain
5. Nerveskade - Total Isolation

I just saw this posted on another blog but the download link was to scene release forum where download links are password protected or try and trick you into some sort of bullshit subscription. Fuck that.

5 tracks of noisy hardcore from Nagoya City and Portland. Great stuff on both sides. I really hope they have copies of this at Chaos in Tejas.

Download: D-Clone/Nerveskade - Obscene Noize Violence (LAME 3.97 V2) Multiupload

Download: D-Clone/Nerveskade - Obscene Noize Violence (LAME 3.97 V2) Mediafire

Ogreish Organism - 4th Pill

Artist: Ogreish Organism
Title: 4th Pill
Release: 1995
Label: H.G.Fact

Track List:
1. 4th Pill
2. 孤高の戦士

I'll be honest, when I bought this I had no idea what I was getting. At the time my knowledge of hardcore from outside the US was limited pretty much to just a few of the bigger bands from Europe. In retrospect this may have been one of the best scores I've ever made considering I got this for 99 cents plus 2 dollars shipping if my memory serves me correctly. All I knew when I placed the bid was that it was a cheap record from a label I'd heard a few people mention before.

Before I even mention who is in this band I want to make one thing 100% clear, the music holds its own regardless of the band's pedigree. The B side is definitely superior, but mostly because its extended intro is more to the point. The vocals might take some getting used to if you're not already a fan of the style. But, my God, the guitar riffs and the bass are over the top good.

Now for the part I would be remiss not to mention. Pill, the drummer and vocalist was the drummer for Lip Cream, G-Zet, Asylum, and High Rise, as well as the vocalist for G-Zet and キャ→ (Kyah→). Bass player Tomonori Iizawa was the bassist for Bastard and Judgement and guitar player for Buzzy大和町バンド (Buzzy Yamatocho Band). And Chelsea (RIP), it'd probably be easier to just list bands he wasn't in.

Download: Ogreish Organism - 4th Pill (LAME 3.98r V0) Multiupload

Download: Ogreish Organism - 4th Pill (LAME 3.98r V0) Mediafire

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
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Warhead - この想いを何処へ… + The Lost Self and Beating Heart

Artist: Warhead
Title: この想いを何処へ… + The Lost Self and Beating Heart
Release: 2004
Label: Ugly Pop Records

Track List:
1. It's Not a Dead End
2. Pride as a Human Being
3. Never Give Up
4. For Yourself
5. この想いを何処へ・・・ (Kono Omoi wo Dokoe..., What to Do with This Yearning?...)
6. Victory Flag
7. Children Will Cry Over
8. Make The Best of a Bad Job
9. Go Fly
10. The Lost Self and Beating Heart
11. Burn Your Heart and Go Through Darkness!
12. 疾走 (Shissou, Sprint)
13. Absorb Shocks!
14. Crazy Soul Hurricane
15. The Lost Self and Beating Heart
16. I'm Still Alive!

This record combines 1993's "この想いを何処へ…" and 1995's "The Lost Self and Beating Heart" 7", both of which were put out on Blood Sucker Records.

And here's slightly larger versions of the artwork.




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