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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Godhole - s/t (2014)

GODHOLE "Godhole"

Year: 2014

Genre: Blackened Crust/Powerviolence (Side A); Industrial Noise/Ambient (Side B)

Country: UK

Track List:

Glorious Rotten
Emerald Youngster
Atrocious Forgotten
Diamond Scar
Eternal Poisonous
Ruby Bizarre
Never Healing Gold

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I continue checking out what I've received in my mail during the last few weeks, and here's an interesting release from an Edinburgh-based trio Godhole. It consists of two sides, each side featuring the same songs, but they sound nothing alike each other. While the side A is blackened crust/PV, side B is much more experimental and noisy, and I think I liked the noise versions of these songs even more than the original ones.

"The EP is a concept created by front man, Jamie Christ. The song titles are a deconstructed verse which was one of the last things written by his younger brother before he took his own life. Each song title is then taken as an idea to create lyrics about his brothers death, some from his own and some from his brothers perspective..."

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Friday, January 2, 2015

Fuego Negro - s/t (2014)

FUEGO NEGRO "Fuego Negro"

Year: 2014

Genre: Black Metal, Blackened Punk

Country: Chile

Track List:

Hacia La Nada Creadora
Poeta Perro
Fuego Negro
Renacer
El Kuero Vive
Santa Maria Goretti
Olvida El Maldito Nombre
Las Sin Nombre

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Fuego Negro ("Black Flame", if my very limited knowledge of Spanish doesn't deceive me) are a band from Interior de la Quinta Region in Chile, and here's their debut album. They didn't provide me with much information, so I can say only that it's recorded DIY in collaboration with Diskordia Recs. in Valparaiso squat. It's an interesting release which definitely has that Latin American "old school" BM feel to it, but the recitation-type vocals in some tracks may seem a bit strange (but as far as I understand, they consider their lyrics as poetry, hence this vocal style).

Tarsius Tarsier - “Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos” (2014)

TARSIUS TARSIER “Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos”

Year: 2014

Genre: Blackened Crust, Neocrust

Country: Spain

Track List:

El Desprecio
Garganta y Bengala
Tara
Ciénaga
Espuela
Mataviudas
Una Chica Cortada en Dos
El Ruido de Morir

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"The history of the band is the same as that of many others: All of us have played (or we’re playing) in bands as Knowledge is a Weapon, Trecedeluno, Muerdelágrimas, Lösung or Forzuda. Two years ago, we gathered with the idea of play fast, dark and intense music… and Tarsius Tarsier was born. Although we didn’t look for the sound of a particular band, we love From Ashes Rise, Ekkaia, Disfear, Converge, Orchid or His Hero is Gone, to name just a few...

...We recorded it a few months ago in Kollapse studio (Madrid) with Iván (Khmer, Ictus) as producer. The Japanese label Longleslongarms (http://longlegslongarms.jp/) has brought it out. We’re so excited with the result!"

"Recorded mixed and mastered by Iván Ferro at Kollapse Stvdio (Madrid, Spain) in November 2013.
Released by:

LONG LEGS LONG ARMS RECORDS (3LA-009)
192-0363 Bessho 1-17-2 103
Hachiouji-city,Tokyo,Japan
longlegslongarms.jp
info@longlegslongarms.jp
Akihito Mizutani, Yasukazu Hirata"

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Dead Architect - "JFK-LHR" (2014)

DEAD ARCHITECT "JFK-LHR"

Year: 2014

Genre: Blackened Grindcore

Country: Australia

Track List:

The Narrows
Madman Diaries
Anchored to a Black Cloud
Nowhere to Nothing
The Whore and The God
First to Burn
Palm Burner
Patriots

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"We are Dead Architect. Inverted crosses and d-beats.
HM-2. No Bass. Skulls.

DA are a DIY collective responsible for writing, recording, mixing. mastering and artwork.

We would like our music to be on your site as we believe in DIY scene, protecting nature and defying the current political system"

While the sound on this release is more grindcore than anything else, there's a certain BM influence as well (especially on the last track). Not bad at all!

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Narcthrone - "NO PASARÁN" (2014)

NARCTHRONE "No Pasaran"

Year: 2014

Genre: Blackened Crust/Sludge

Country: Canada

Track List:

Wasteland Rat
Pillage the Fortress

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Narcthrone is a project made for fun by Preston (Anti-Freeze) and another guy who's a part of the Windsor-based hardcore/grind band Corrupt Leaders and the now defunct blackened crust band Valerie Page. Of course Preston could post it by himself, but he left it to me, because he doesn't like the idea of self-promotion. Enjoy!

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Deadtrack - "Helltape" (2014)

DEADTRACK "Helltape"

Year: 2014

Genre: Raw Metallic Crust

Country: Brazil

Track List:

Intro
Dirt
Slave to Itself
Born Convicted
Blank, extinction
Gutter

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Deadtrack is a solo project of Luis from Brazil, who recorded this short and raw demo by himself between August & October 2014. He supports the idea of RABM, DIY ethics, and generally the kind of bands that are on my blog. There's not much more to say about his debut, except that the main idea of it was to sound dirty, raw, loud and heavy.

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About the blog

After many years of activity, this blog is now put on hold since the majority of contributors have a lot of other important stuff going on in their lives. New music submissions should go to /r/RABM/ (note that the mods of /r/RABM/ don't have anything to do with this blog).

Most of the uploads here are band sanctioned. Anyway, if you for some reason don't want to see your music here, contact us using rabm (AT) gmx (DOT) com, and we'll consider taking it down.

Bottom note: there's probably a lot of broken English on this blog, since English isn't the first language for many of the contributors.

FAQ

Q.: Which kinds of music are featured on this blog?

A.: - (primarily) RABM or Red & Anarchist Black Metal: all kinds of black metal-related music charged with radical leftist (anarchist, libertarian socialist, eco-anarchist, etc.) political views. Some of the bands featured here may be not openly political, but all of them are RABM-friendly;

- blackened crust/hardcore/punk (only if it's openly RABM-friendly, or if it's just very good music; we have no intention to collect here all the blackened punk in existence);

- other kinds of political (anarchist, socialist, etc.) metal - death, thrash, post-metal, etc.;

- dark ambient, neofolk, industrial, dark electro, etc. - but only if it has some RABM-friendly ideology;

- regular punk/hardcore/crust, post-rock, conscious hip-hop, etc. - but only as a rare exception (so if you want to send us a demo in one of these genres, you're probably in the wrong place).

Q.: What are some RABM/blackened crust bands to start listening from?

A.: Here's an old compilation which I (B.K.) made in late 2009. Doesn't include a lot of good RABM bands that I didn't know of back then, but still recommended if you're new to RABM:

Check out this list as well, or this one.

Q.: How can I support a particular RABM band with my money?

A.: Most bands nowadays have a bandcamp page, where you can but their stuff online (usually for an arbitrary price). It's the most convinient way to support the band. If your favourite band don't have a bandcamp or bigcartel page, try to find out in which distro you can find their albums/merch. Of course, go to concerts if you have such opportunity.

Q.: How can I offer my financial support to this blog, or the RABM movement in general?

A.: Unfortunately right we don't have an opportunity to accept donations, but we hope we'll be able to set it up soon.

Q.: What is the connection between black metal and hardcore/punk/crust?

A.: It's a well-established fact that the connection between black metal and punk scenes existed since the early days of BM (think Venom, early Bathory, early Mayhem and early Sodom on one side, and Amebix, Discharge and Axegrinder on another). Recently this mix of BM and hardcore punk got a new life in the form of blackened crust (thanks to Black Kronstadt / Iskra in first place). And don't forget about Cascadian black metal bands with their radical environmentalist ideology, often to the extent of radical eco-anarchism or "pro-nature/anti-humanity" ideas.

Q.: What's your main ideology?

A.: This blog is generally written from a position of anarchism without adjectives; however, the RABM scene is very diverse ideologically. Let us end on this, as this blog isn't quite a right place for purely political debates; if you want to learn or argue about anarchism/other ideologies, there's a lot of specialized FAQs/blogs/forums for you.

Q.: Isn't black metal supposed to be apolitical?

A.: Supposed by whom? I personally don't think so, but if you think that political awareness should have no place in "true" black metal, you can feel free to call the bands featured on here "blackened punk" or whatever you want. It should be noted, though, that a lot of these bands doesn't openly talk about politics in their lyrics, exactly because they think it wouldn't be suitable for black metal. - B.K.

Q.: Isn't RABM just an "answer" to NSBM?

A.: While RABM is definitely against NSBM and any other kind of far-right crap in metal scene, it's most emphatically a self-sufficient movement and not any kind of "answer to NSBM". Similarly, while RABM is 100% pro liberation from any kinds of religious tyranny, it isn't a movement against any particular religion (Christianity, Islam, or any other).

Q.: What's your opinion on Satanism?

A.: The so-called "Hollywood Satanism", which is often found in black metal, is, in our opinion, nothing more than inverted Christianity, so we aren't big on it. Many of us are simply atheists, pagans of all kinds, gnostics, etc. We also don't share the notion that only genuine theistic Satanists / Devil-worshippers can play "real" black metal (this would exclude such bands as Venom, Bathory, Immortal, Summoning, and many many others). Additionally, the very term "Satanism" is quite vague, and can't be narrowed down to LaVeyan Satanism (which is heavily disliked by many black metallers), or whatever else. LaVey had some good points, but in general his philosophy can be described just as "Ayn Rand with some occult tinge".

Q.: What about misanthropy and nihilism?

A.: To put it in short: we don't hate everyone and everything (and we don't think there's anyone who truly does). We just hate these traits of humanity which make true anarchist society most likely infeasible in the foreseeable future.

Q.: Collectivism or individualism?

A.: There actually is no "hard" contradiction between these two terms. Individualism is simply an outlook emphasizes the moral worth of the individual and its right not to be oppressed by the state or some social group. It doesn't contradict at all with standing up for your rights along with a group of like-minded individuals. It also worth noting that the early black metal scene didn't promote individualism that much (see "black metal circles").

Q.: Who coined the term "RABM"?

A.: Hard to say, but there's an apparent similarity to RASH ("Red & Anarchist Skinheads"). Here's the very first mention of "RABM" we could find (August 2005). The term was popularized by our last.fm group (and later - by this blog) since 2009.

Q.: Do you know the ideology of the band X? It isn't obvious if they're NSBM or not...

A.: Sorry, we don't know, do your own research. It's often hard to say anything certain about a band's views, if the members themselves aren't open about it. We also don't advice using various "lists of nazi bands" etc. as a reference, as most of them are full of bullshit. Similarly, forum posts or blog comments (especially anonymous ones) generally aren't a reliable source for anything. In one particular case, we had an anonymous comment claiming that the members of Timebomb are now playing in a fascist band called SPQR. Later it turned out that it were members of a completely other Italian band with a similar name (Timebombs). Hopefully that'd be a good example of how important fact-checking is.

Q.: I've seen some of the albums posted here in the same distro with some albums by right-leaning bands...

A.: Unfortunately it's often the case with distros and labels that distribute stuff regardless of its political affiliation. Even Austin Lunn of Panopticon complained about Pagan Flames (the label which released his "Collapse" and "Social Disservices" LPs) having NSBM in their distro, so things like these are just unavoidable.

Q.: Some bands on this blog have Burzum on their list on influences. Isn't Varg Vikernes a nazi?

A.: See a good comment on this matter here.

Q.: Can I use some materials from this blog on my site?

A.: Of course you're welcome to do so (unless otherwise is specified), as we're against copyrights.

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Godhole - s/t (2014)

Friday, January 2, 2015

Fuego Negro - s/t (2014)

Tarsius Tarsier - “Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos” (2014)

Dead Architect - "JFK-LHR" (2014)

Narcthrone - "NO PASARÁN" (2014)

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Deadtrack - "Helltape" (2014)

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Godhole - s/t (2014)

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Fuego Negro - s/t (2014)

Tarsius Tarsier - “Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos” (2014)

Dead Architect - "JFK-LHR" (2014)

Narcthrone - "NO PASARÁN" (2014)

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Deadtrack - "Helltape" (2014)

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