Uh, as you might have recognized...

... I haven't posted anything for nearly one year. But that doesn't mean I became even more of a lazy fuck. I started to write for your new favourite webzine/blog CVLT Nation a while ago, so you might want to check that out, it's rad, daily updated and there are loads of contributors way more talented in writing than I am.
You can find all my posts here: cvltnation.com/author/chris

On another note, the bass player of my band GOLDUST, a friend of ours and myself have reactivated our label LIFE AND DEATH Records (we also put out the first GOLDUST 7" years ago). We have some things in the pipeline, and our newest release, a 7" by the amazing AXES, came from the pressing plant just three days ago. Check that out as well: lifeanddeathrecords.bigcartel.com

Oh, just in case you found this blog because you were searching the web for some download: I deleted all the downloads that used to be here. Maybe this was quite an overreaction, because I really can't imagine any of the bands (or their labels) I posted give a fuck about it, but you never know. Well, you can hate me now.

Woe : New album out on Candlelight Records

I've just read that the Philly based Black metal band WOE recently released a new album entitled Quietly, Undramatically via Candlelight Records. Why should that be relevant to you? Because the band's first record, A spell for the death of man, is still an awesome record that brings a very freshening "non-style and non-image attitude" into a genre that sometimes seems to concentrate way too much on those things. Since I haven't had the chance to listen to the album yet there's not really much more to say about it; but I'll surely check the album out asap.

Get more information and listen to the title track on stereogum.com
myspace.com/woeunholy

Morning Again reunion confirmed

I realized a lot of people coming to this blog via google because they searched for information concerning the Morning Again reunion, so here's the newest info from Stuck In the Past:
It's true: Morning Again will play one reunion show this year: The show will take place at Churchill's Pub in Miami on Saturday, December 11 2010. More details will be released later this week but the following bands are scheduled to play:

Morning Again
Kids Like Us
All Hell Breaks Loose
Remembering Never
Knock Em Dead
Homestretch
Harbinger

The lineup for the band will be John and Steve on guitar, Jerry on bass, Kevin on vocals and Matt on drums. 

More info: Stuck In the Past blog.

New layout

Today I had an interview for a pretty cool internship, I can't really say how it was. I mean, it was a pretty nice talk, but I think I talked too much bullshit all the time haha. We will see. Hopefully I get the job and hopefully it'll help me to find some kind of direction after my studies. Anyway, afterwards I felt some kind of motivation, so I decided to "relaunch" the layout of LIS, looks pretty cool IMO, I guess all the woodcut stuff is a little bit worn out since every jack ass-wanna be-holy terror band, and not even those, every Hardcore band that tries to be "dark", uses woodcuts. Whatever. I have a bunch of stuff planned in the near future, stay tuned for that, until then:

chill.

Are we still alive?

Uh, sorry for not posting anything for like, months. I'm quite busy at the moment with writing my thesis, and listing to harsh Black Metal like early Mayhem, or to sorrowful tunes like Slowdive. Sounds weird? Well, welcome to my world. 

Destroyer|Borderlines is about to be released in two days, and for the last few weeks a lot of reviews came in. It's funny to see that either people seem to really like it, or think it really sucks. Only very few reviews are in between those two poles. That really makes we wonder how things like "taste" work. I mean, how is it possible that two persons, listening to same same record, come to totally different conclusions? 

One thing that seems to be important is, of course, the scene or subculture the listener feels hisself connected to. Like, there was this one review from this dude whose favourite bands are Children of Bodom and Blind Guardian. The "commercial metal" kind of guy. Of course he didn't like our record. He said something in the meaning of ambitious, but not executed. Other people, who I'd say also came to our shows before and in general belong to same sub-scene or hardcore like we do, like the record. Of course. They understand the different influences, the whole concept behind the album, and they don't expect us to sound like Lamb Of God or something. Then you'll find a lot of reviews written by people, who, sorry for that, don't seem to know A SHIT about music at all. Not necesserilly Hardcore, or extreme Metal. Just no clue at all. One review said "Old School Hardcore with youthcrew melodies" or crap like that. Come on, we might sound like a lot, but Old School Hardcore?! What's that anyway? It's just like names like "Indie" or "Heavy Rock". It sais SHIT about the music, it doesn't mean anything. And "youthcrew melodies", fuck, that's even worse. When I think about youth crew I think of bands like Youth Of Today or Chain Of Strength, Gorilla Buscuits, you name it. And even though those bands are kinda melodic, it's definetly a different kind of melodies than we do. When I read the review I knew what the kid who wrote it looked like: White flesh tunnels in his ears, red, checked shirt above a Go It Alone t-shirt, tight jeans, New Era Vans. Am I right? I'm sure I am. How do I know the Go It Alone shirt? Because that was the only band he compared us to. None of us ever listened to that band. The only effect reviews like that have is that the reader realizes that the writer doesn't know shit. 

One guy thinks the production is bullshit, everybody else thinks it's good. Weird. Even though the cultural studies tell me that every media reception is linked to cultural influences, I don't understand how it works. Maybe the wide range of reviews tells at least one thing: Destroyer|Borderlines is a record that is not just black or white, but releases different feelings in everybody who listens to it (unlike records like "Reign In Blood" everybody loves haha), and call me pathetic: that's the only thing you can hope to achieve by playing music. 

On the other hand: Do I really give a shit? Reviews mean rating music, and that doesn't make a lot of sense anyway, it's just a part of music business. I mean, when I write a review, I want to support the band (that is why you only find good ones on this blog). But a lot of reviews are written because some guy writing for some zine/blog gets it and has to review it, because he's part of the whole music-consume-machinery. Although he's writing for nothing but fame for some non-profit blog. I don't exactly know what I want to tell you haha. Just make up your own mind, listen to what you want, fuck everybody who want's to tell you what to listen to, including me. Culture belongs to you, so use it the way you want it.

Update on the The Swarm post

Just in case you haven't noticed, I've uploaded three exclusive compilation tracks from The Swarm. Just hit this post, scroll down, there you go!

Evenworse | Goldust split 12" EP preorder

Finally these songs will be released on vinyl, which is quite awesome since these are easily the best songs Evenworse ever recorded, and our own songs (one new, one Evenworse cover, one song from the Noir 7") are worth to be heard, too. Haha, quite funny to say things like that. You can check some songs out here: http://www.myspace.com/finalexitrecords.You can preorder it at http://finalexit.bigcartel.com/ or by writing an e-mail to finalexitrecords@web.de.

In rememberance to "Deutschlands beschissenste Skateparks"

I hope some of you remember the Boardstein Magazine, the only German skateboard mag you could read without getting turned off by glossy, money grabbing, high end-styled poser bullshit. After the demise of the mag they continued to do a website at least, which is cool. Whatever, in the mag there always was a short rubric called "Deutschlands beschisstenste Skateparks" ("Germany's most fucked up skateparks") where readers could send pictures of really misbuilt, misplanned, totally fucked up skateparks. I always planned to send some pictures of the "skatepark" from the village where I grew up (they built it a few years after I left), because it's literally a fucking joke. I mean... look at the picture! It just doesn't make any sense! Since I always forgot to take the picture when Boardstein was still running, here you are:
No, this ain't a fucking joke, this is basically all there is, except some kind of a curbbox, which is pretty impossible to skate anyway.
So if you ever survive a plane crash in the middle of nowhere (means: Lower Bavaria), and strand in a village called Triftern, you could check it out by yourself. But you probably wouldn't want to. LOL.

Annihilation Time will disband

Just read that on the AT-homepage, some of you probably already know:

"First of all, we have to thank everyone who made Chaos in Tejas possible/fun. TImmy H., Dan Moore , C-Vok, Alicon and Emily, Amber (for putting up with us for a whole week!), Emo's and AMEBIX and EYEHATEGOD (for Slaying). Killer fucking time and if you missed it you're fucking bummed cuz as you may have heard, those shows were our last US shows for possibly ever! The rumors are true, Jimmy is leaving us and were putting the band to rest. BUT, the rest of us are sticking together to start something else with a new singer. We just don't know who... were still waitng to hear back from David Coverdale.

Anyhow... we're headin' out to Europe for a couple of weeks to play on a boat in Sweden with the Misfits. Sounds....interesting. That will also probably be our last shows in Europe for maybe ever, so catch us if you can.

-chris (5-29-09)"

What a fucking bummer, I only hope to see them when they're here in Europe the last time.

Official Annihilation Time site
Annihilation Time on myspace.com

Why?!

So you may ask, why the hell another senseless blog on the internet? Well, basically because I want to release some interviews with bands I have done last year. Actually I planed to release a second issue of a small fanzine I did, called No Comment. But since I am a lazy fuck just like most of you, it never happened, shame on me. Anyway, I think the interviews are worth reading, and I still want to support the bands, so I decided to use this medium.

Besides that I have some ideas what else to post on this blog, nothing groundbreaking actually, but you know, maybe some of you are interested anyway.

To get started, it's pretty obvious where I have the name for this blog from, it's the title of a 7" released by the band MAYDAY. They released some of the fierciest, heaviest stuff in the early to mid-90ies. Unfortunatly they are mostly forgotten by now, since the kids today only know about Integrity and Ringworm when it comes down to "Clevo"-Hardcore, whatever that term means. So you should get into that: Mayday - Lost in Sabbath 7" (found here, you can find there countless of other 90ies rarities and must haves as well)

I guess I'm going to post the interviews in the next few days, so stay tuned.

Chris