New Orleans’ EYEHATEGOD is the snarling, bilious sound of dead-end America. Since 1988, they’ve been a soundtrack for the troubled masses. Ugly music for ugly times. That’s the sense of disenchantment and disease that lies the heart of their latest and sixth full-length album, A History of Nomadic Behavior. Anyone familiar with EHG’s story knows this is survivor’s music, a sound unto itself where Sabbathian riffs are meted out with a caustic anger that goes beyond punk. That’s been the blueprint since guitarist Jimmy Bower (also of NOLA supergroup, Down) founded the band in 1988 with vocalist Michael IX Williams joining not long after. With a discography including sludge-punk mainstays like In the Name of Suffering (1990), Take as Needed for Pain (1993) Dopesick (1996) or 2014’s eponymously-titled LP, released in the US through Housecore Records, EHG laid the cracked foundation for their infamous and influential sound. A History of Nomadic Behavior finds the band, now slimmed to a… [read more]
Blast is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California. After breaking up in 1991, they reunited in 2001 and again in 2013. To date, Blast has released three original studio albums, and they have gone through several lineup changes, leaving guitarist Mike Neider as the only constant member.
LUICIDAL is 2 X- members of Suicidal Tendencies, LOUICHI MAYORGA (Bass) & R.J. HERRERA (Drums). Guitar MARTY RAMIREZ ( Damaged Kids) & MANDO OCHOA (Sick Sense) vocals. Playing old school ST hits composed by Louichi w/ new hits true 2 the old school sound
Cavity has been a runaway train of thundering punk, blues doom, and sludge heaviness since 1992. When their original run ended in 2001, fans were left wanting more. The new releases, as Cavity AD, boast a stripped-down sound that is both more experimental and more visceral while managing to cohesively communicate the band’s evolution. It is their inescapable urge and need to create.
