Where were we? Asked that the time before last time, a gathering together of things of a heavier nature this time and enough of that and on with the music and the going off and things (and how good was it) and what we said last time or last week or last year, you’ve read all this already, never mind the damn editorial, cut to the chase and never mind the biscuits or the dogfish, just jump down past this bit, who needs an editorial? Jump past and let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing again, another five (or so) slices of musical things that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of apples and here comes the intro, Don’t be flippant she said, how could it ever be flippant? I can’t remember why she said that now, in one ear, out the other, “Gawd, is Organ still going?”

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying rabbits out of the clouds? Is there a rhyme? Is there a reason? Was there ever a reason? What do reasons make? Five more? Snake oil? Everything must go and same as last time (and the time before that) five, and no, we never do and the proof of the pudding is in that proof reading. When we started this thing, oh never mind, it doesn’t matter why we started this damn thing and like we asked last time, does anyone bother reading the editorial? Does anyone ever actually look down the rabbit hole or is it all just method acting? We do really try to listen to everything that comes in, we do it so you don’t have to, we are very (very) very very picky about what we actually post on these fractured pages or about what gets played on the radio or indeed what we hang in a gallery. Cut to the chase, never mind the editorial, there’s loads of music further down the page, well five or so pieces of music that have come our way in the last few days and cut cut slash and cut it, who needs an editorial or words or worms in general? What’s Wordsworth? Just facts and links and sounds then. Here you go, play the music, grab your five, eat your greens, go eat some art, go eat some fresh music and don’t forget whatever it was we said last time…

Here we go again, five slices of music that have recently come our way, in no particular order, starting somewhere in India this time…

1: Moral Putrefaction – Formed in 2015, Chennai-based Moral Putrefaction portray death metal against the backdrop of India’s political and socio-economic landscape. This is a track from their forthcoming self-titled debut album. What we have here is a healthy slice of old school death metal, epic old school death metal and an excellent introduction to what promises to be a rather tasty debut album

“A follow-up to the Scum of the Earth demo released in 2019, Moral Putrefaction’s self-titled debut is largely an old school death metal monolith but mutates into blackened death abnormalities and even tech death complexities. As the band singles out Morbid Angel, Immolation, Bloodbath, and Gorguts as chief influences, they palpably conjure the rapid fury of the inspirations across the tracks while forging ahead with their own ravaging might. 
 
As the shadows of 2024 lengthen, India stands at the precipice of a shocking epoch, restoring its contested historical and religious legacy. In resistance, Moral Putrefaction’s debut album challenges prevailing narratives, delving into the complexities of the nation’s diverse cultural landscape. From opposing caste discrimination and political corruption to exposing the horrors of colonialism and religious extremism, each track paints the struggles and resilience of a nation navigating its turbulent past and uncertain future”. 

More via Bandcamp

2: Squid Pisser have a new video, you can only watch it on YouTube. We have covered the extreme noise terrors a number of times already. Hit the Watch link there to see the official music video for Smog of Self Abuse as heard on the SKiN GRAFT Records / SWEATBAND Records Vaporize a Neighbor EP and Comic Book Set and the Vaporize a Tadpole collection. Squid Pisser are about to hit the road in the USA with GWAR, seems like a rather good fit. herte comes the Bandcamp

3: Coilguns – The Swiss band have a new track, more here and here, the press release talks of hardcore punk, not sure about that, it feels like somewhere near that metallic crossover of bands like Converge, we’ve heard a million bans like this (we probably released a few back in the days when we ran a label), they do their thing rather well, they sound like they’re having a blistering blast

Here’s some more…

4: Cathari – Blistering band out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not sure if listening to it will hurt for the entire time you are alive, not sure it hurts that much in any kind of way, it is rather enjoyably brutal, relentlessly so and without being that different it does kind of stand out – “It Will Hurt The Entire Time You Are Alive is like a thesis statement for my own sadness and disappointment into adulthood. Every song is about disappointment in its own way, be it with the music scene, the people I used to call friends, or even myself. Growing older has been a bitter and unforgiving experience and I wanted to capture the rage that percolates beneath the surface of my life as I come to find it’s just all disappointment all the way down” – Magdalena Stephens, vocalist, blisterist or whateverist in the self prclaimed noisecore band. Do like the relentless intensity of it all, they’re clearly not thinking of letting up very soon, it kind of cathartic even with those lyrics and all that letting out of it all…

5: High Parasite and a track from the new studio album Forever We Burn that’s out some point in the not far off future via Candlelight, here’s some link things should you feel you need them, they’re touring with Cradle of Filth soon, hey, someone has to, short straws and all that…

And while we’re here…