MORBID TALES: Deathcore demigod DJ Tron dies. Drugs? Suicide? No one knows, though the family spokesperson was conspiratorial about shutting up any and all of our questions. Just a month or two later, this 12", my fave release by Tron, shows up on discogs for mere kilobytes (I'd never owned a physical copy before, relying for years on a tape dub). SO! The seller is brand new and has zero feedback, but I take a chance anyway...and receive the package completely drama free. Curiously, the sender's last name and address synced up as a potential relative of Tron. I didn't have much time to ponder this coincidence when the seller abruptly emails me, mentions that he's Tron's DAD, and that he had great concern if the package arrived safely...AS IT WAS TRON'S PERSONAL DJ COPY. Apparently the family was liquidating Tron's collection to help offset his funeral costs. I immediately responded with condolences, shock at the nature of the contact, and blubbered on a bit how much respect I had for his son's body of work. He never wrote back.
That's the story, and I'm stickin' to it till my grave.
[TL;DR: Arguably "basic" hard terror shockwaves with a diamond-breaking boner for satanism, insanity, and D-E-A-T-H!!!]
https://www.mediafire.com/file/iuk0c4742vabzrq/DJ%20TRON%20-%20Ressurrection%20EP.zip
Amnesea - "1st EP" 7" 2013
Mesmerizing disnoise from Japan, strikingly similar to Abraham Cross at middest pace, with clean, highly controlled vocals reminiscent of Total Chaoz (a band that was essentially Larm pre-Menno). The production is as blown out as the genre usually demands, and deftly mixed, impressively cloning the warmth of a redlined 4-track with the fullness of what I'm (wildly) assuming is an actual studio. I'm outright bummed that this seems to be their only release! All girls too, but download them for the quality of their noise, not for...you know...their PUSSYS ya fuckin' F-R-E-A-K!!!
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1qgbckxq2xbh5e2/AMNESEA%20-%201st%20EP%202013.zip
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1qgbckxq2xbh5e2/AMNESEA%20-%201st%20EP%202013.zip
Nausea - "Psychological Conflict" 7" '91 & Live Soundboard KXLU '94
Nausea was on nuclear fire in the early 90s, fusing metallic industrial (ala Pitch Shifter) to their already legendary discore approach to grind. The 7" is fully mature in it's cacophony, blast-skanking with a power and tightness only hinted at on their previous split demo. Subsequent releases found the band steadily refocus attention upon mechanized dirge, culminating in the entirely "psych groove" set on KXLU radio (a straight up experience whether you smoke heavy dope or not...though it's obviously even better on heavy dope). Arid production throughout, with tape hiss somehow noticeable even on the 7", but otherwise this is a pairing of some of the most brain-blowing listens you'll ever peep...E-V-E-R!!!
DJ Freak - "Industrial Power" 2xCassette 1997
LOTTA 'stalgia for me with this set of tapes, as they were the very first hXc-techno mixes I purchased after being introduced to the genre via the R.A.W./Hypnotic 23 split cassette. Freak gets his freak on immaculately with this release, showing no mercy in turntable terror or frenzied song selection (which is biased to the fast and simple, no matter the sub-genre). Heavily intermixed and totally fucked with, unhappy hardcore, breakbeat, and jungle all flash their tits in atonal collusion. For me, these are THE quintessential 90s raver tapes...with one majorly depressing caveat: gigatons of hiss. Professional duping at such tepid quality was a mystery to me even 20 years ago, but I wouldn't upload it if there wasn't juuusssst enough noise power leftover to brutalize your ears as hard as Harvey Weinstein brutalizes potted plants.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wzr443s421h92w4/DJ%20Freak%20-%20%22Industrial%20Power%22%201997.zip
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wzr443s421h92w4/DJ%20Freak%20-%20%22Industrial%20Power%22%201997.zip
Vomit - Unreleased (?) Demo '88 & Reh '89
I...have no fucking idea what I ripped. I thought this was material from the Grecian Vomit (straight thrash metal with a coincidental form of cheesy songcraft usually attributed to Japanese heshers), but there doesn't seem to be any documentation anywhere for these specific jams. I did receive the tape from Greece, and there's a similarity between these sessions and the canon recordings, but I'm still open to being schooled if I'm conflating two completely different bands.
Gaffled trivia: "Formed in 1985, Vomit were strongly influenced by Voivod [not really, but the logo homage is dope!] and Celtic Frost. Members later split into Varathron and Necromantia. The vocalist went on to form the grindcore band Sound Pollution, who did a split 7" with Rotting Christ (who were also a grindcore band at the time)."
https://www.mediafire.com/file/hart8wzpuh3debn/Vomit%20-%20Mystery%20Shit%2088-89.zip
Gaffled trivia: "Formed in 1985, Vomit were strongly influenced by Voivod [not really, but the logo homage is dope!] and Celtic Frost. Members later split into Varathron and Necromantia. The vocalist went on to form the grindcore band Sound Pollution, who did a split 7" with Rotting Christ (who were also a grindcore band at the time)."
https://www.mediafire.com/file/hart8wzpuh3debn/Vomit%20-%20Mystery%20Shit%2088-89.zip
Coil - "Backwards" Demo Original Mix 1993
From Wikipedia: "Backwards was a studio bootleg recording by Coil. The origin of the source of "Backwards" is believed to have been a leak of the studio demo, in the form of a cassette [This upload]. However, the entire demo was broadcast when Dutch Radio 4, a radio station in Amsterdam, had Coil in as studio guests to coincide with a live performance on the date of June 1 2001. The program was broadcast on June 18 2001 and a four disc CDR set of the entire broadcast, made by the radio station, was released in an unknown quantity as "Dutch Radio 4 Supplement". Although part of the proposed album was eventually released as "The Ape Of Naples", the material is so augmented that there are very few recognizable samples." [As was also the case with the Cold Spring release of the demo under it's original title]
http://www.mediafire.com/file/04cilkchbh59cli/Coil_-_OG_Backwards_Demo_1993.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/04cilkchbh59cli/Coil_-_OG_Backwards_Demo_1993.zip
Discard - "Sound of War / Death From Above" '86/'90
Not the first disclone band, but certainly the most recognized in formalizing the style with the posthumous release of the 7" (which was just half the demo pressed to wax). The attack is ugly and blown out, opting for a steamrollering approach in slight contrast to Discharge's more "swing" oriented legacy. Quite frankly, I'm convinced this iteration of Ake's bowling league was a bigger influence on Disclose than any EP Clay Records put out, exemplified perfectly with the track "Death Race" (muh fave!).
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6gi1f9nh0f5nwje/Discard_-_Sound_Of_War_1986.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6gi1f9nh0f5nwje/Discard_-_Sound_Of_War_1986.zip
Protes Bengt - "In Bengt We Trust" 7" 1985, "Bengt E Sankt" Demo 1986, Interview 1999
Founding wave dis/fastcore starring members of Mob 47 and Filthy Christians. The project's first session mostly cloned and quartered the length of Mob 47's preexisting sound, but it was on the following year's jam where they completely rebooted themselves into full on blastbeat hardcore (outpacing even Asocial's debut in metronomic precision!). Per's interview was conducted probably around December of '99, and adorned with fake manga art because I've always loved being a cheeky bastard. Fave trax: Tumstock (7"), Bengt E Sankt (demo).
https://www.mediafire.com/file/62d1z3lqlkh19lz/PROTES%20BENGT%20-%20EP%2C%20Demo%2C%20Interview.zip
https://www.mediafire.com/file/62d1z3lqlkh19lz/PROTES%20BENGT%20-%20EP%2C%20Demo%2C%20Interview.zip
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