oh boy, how i love this one! the lowest are a band from poland, warsaw to be exact. i love finding good bands from countries of which i didn't think their hardcore scene would produce something great like this. thinking of eastern europe i can only name a handful of bands (action-cz, abhorrence-sk, fallen into ashes-hu, xangelreichx-pl. well, that's not even a handful and i couldn't even tell if these bands are still active - fallen into ashes definitely isn't). so it was a nice surprise to me reading the unregular appearing demons run amok newsletter with a link to the lowest bandcamp site. after listening to it i had only one chance finding my inner peace again - ordering it!!! it's pretty dark, down tuned modern hardcore (d.r.a. says: chokehold meets terror meets have heart) with lyrics about poverty, social injustice, desperation.
it's a cooperational release of d.r.a. with the polish label pop underground. 100 are pressed on white, 300 on black and another 100 on clear w/ black smoke of which i could nab one. the sleeve is not an actual sleeve, more a big folded poster of thick quality (to reduce costs i assume).
the colouring is pretty clever i think because it looks a lot like the photo on the centre label of the vinyl and on the sleeve inside which shows the inner texture of a tree.
demons run amok entertainment / pop underground. 2012.
solid ground - can't stop now
a swiss hardcore band which is not active anymore. i ordered a copy way back to last year. the one i got had a scratch - not big time, just a small one but pretty deep and unlistenable. because it just cost me 5 bucks and was an addition to a bigger order i didn't make a big deal out of it. i asked marcel (the guy running d.r.a.) to send me a new one. he said he would but never actually did it and i just completely forgot about it. so without even reminding the incident he seemed to remember it this time and unaskedly added a new copy. i was quite happy about it :)
good old school hardcore with hints of madball, skarhead and the like. i have the regular pressing of 300 on clear red w/ black smoke (there's a tour pressing of 100 on clear red and pre-order pressing of 100 on clear blue). printed dust sleeve. demons run amok entertainment. 2008.
