WE SHOULD DIE LP FINALLY OUT!

THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM. GO TO THE ANTROPOFAGO ATEO PRODUCTOS WEBLOG TO LISTEN TO SOME OF IT AND PURCHASE THIS GEM OF PORTLAND (BY WAY OF ALASKA) GRINDCORE HISTORY. PRE-SUPERBAD. SUPPORT D.I.Y. CULTURE AND THOSE WHO KEEP IT ALIVE.



(DESCRIPTION FROM THE A.A. PAGE)
"WE SHOULD DIE existed as a politically charged grind/hc/metal unit from 1996 to 2004. Starting in the small town of Fairbanks, Alaska and moving to Portland, Oregon a year later. This LP captures their 2 best recording sessions, one side each. Side 1998 is arguably the darker, colder, rawer and more desperate of the 2 and sounds like the North Portland basement it was self-recorded in. Side 2004 sees a very apparent lineup change with a different drummer, Isaac Von Davis (formerly in Bent Over Backwards and Fall Of The Bastards) and a new second vocalist/ bassist. This material is faster, cleaner and a bit more urgent. Also recorded in a Portland basement. Samples can be found via the link on this site. LP comes with a vinyl sticker and an 18 page "SMALL, ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE, WASTEFUL PAMPHLET CONTAINING LYRICS AND OTHER SUBVERSIVE WRITINGS." Members of WSD are now in Burials, Ritual Necromancy and Superbad. .A.A. could not be happier with the actualization of this record."

WITH THE COLD FOLLOWS DOOM.

WHEN THE SEASONS BEGIN TO CHANGE, WITH BITING COLD AND VIOLENT WINDS AND GREY SKIES, SLUDGE AND DOOM SEEM TO BE THE ONLY GENRES I FIND MYSELF LISTENING TO. RATHER FITTING, I SUPPOSE. RECORDS OF NOTE TO SATISFY THE ONSET OF MELANCHOLY.


WINTER - INTO DARKNESS LP (1990)


MORNE - UNTOLD WAIT LP (2009)


CORRUPTED - SE HACE POR LOS SUENOS ASESINOS LP (2004)


GRIEF - COME TO GRIEF LP (1994)


NOOTHGRUSH - ERODE THE PERSON CD (COLLECTED RECORDINGS 1997-'98)


GODFLESH - STREETCLEANER LP (1989)


BURNING WITCH - TOWERS LP (1996)


CATHEDRAL - FOREST OF EQUILIBRIUM cassette (1991)


THORR'S HAMMER - DOMMEDAGSNATT LP (1995)


SLEEP - VOLUME 1 CD (1992)

JUST TO NAME A FEW. OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY GREATS I HAVE LEFT OUT. THESE ARE JUST THE GEMS I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE MOST. CRUSHING.

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Hey fellow grinders,
A little call to arms. ZMAG, an incredible publication and resource for radical journalism/commentary/forums/networking/politics and other such great things, is in urgent need of financial support. Economic times are tough for us all, and the independent quarterlies/magazines/zines are getting hit the hardest out of the published media outlets. ZMAG has been a critical and crucial source of independent reporting and journalism for the last 22 years, but they are facing a potential demise as early as January of this next year! If we let publications such as this fade out and die then we are only hurting ourselves as the access to non-corporate/independent sources of information gathering becomes increasingly difficult to obtain. Posting messages like this isn't really my style but in this case I felt it necessary. So please, please go to www.zmag.org and show your support to our fellows in arms, and those that are more willing than most to dig and trudge through beaurocratic muck and corporate filth to bring us uncompromising insight into the events we may otherwise not even hear about (at least not until political motivation to release the information). Spread the word! Support DIY culture! Fuck off Rupert!

Mike
Ragerizer! Records

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