Refused – DemoCompilation CD 1997

Tracklisting: 1. Re-fused 2. Another one 3. Enough is enough 4. Fusible front 5. Reach out 6. Fudge 7. Blind 8. Back in black 9. The new deal 10. I wish 11. Where is equality? 12. Who died? 13. Burn 14. Racial liberation 15. Hate breeds hate 16. I’ll choose my side 17. The marlboro man is dead 18. Defeated 19. Live wire 20. Gratitude.

Label: Burning Heart Records / Startracks.
Format: CD.

Info: Released by Burning Heart Records and Startracks in 1997. Track # 1-8 is taken from the first demo “Refused” (CS). Track # 9-15 is taken from the second demo “Operation headfirst” (CS). Track # 16-20 is previously unreleased.

Liner notes: Refused is presently Dennis, David, Jon & Kristofer. On the first demo it was Dennis, David, Pär & Jonas. The second one featured Dennis, David, Pär, Magnus & Henrik. Both were recorded at Hortlax hardcore studios by Pelle Gunne and mastered from shitty tapes by Eskil at Tonteknik.

Lay out by Jon and Dennis. Cut´n paste by Axel. All songs by Refused except # 8 by AC/DC # 19 by Mötley Crue and # 20 by Beastieboys.

Thanx to everyone who was there.

Contact: Dennis Lyxzén, Kuratorvägen 30nb, 90736 Umeå, Sweden. E-mail: refused@cabal.se. http://www.cabal.se/startrec/refused.

Obligatory informative rant: I guess who was there, what we did and where it went are all sentiments for another occasion. Some other medium, further down the line. It’s all very typical I’m afraid, “boys dead set on kicks thinking eachother great gathering on weekends screaming dancing staying up all night talking blasting knowing everything fearing nothing” kind of deal. And as far as alibis go I can’t say I have one, I was there, I took part, I did my time in the youth crew institute of old-school hardcore naivete, although, I admit, listening back to these tapes I can hardly believe that’s me playing. Then again, we really didn’t give a shit about being musicians, it was all about the scene.

REFUSED ARE FUCKING DEAD

get it here:

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Kinda different post today. Not just musically, but also for different reasons. I guess you realize that most of the music I post here is quite opposed to christianity. Not today’s band, they actually considered themselves to be a christian band, and worked with it  in their image, etc. I didn’t really care much for this, but this EP is pretty damn great. I’m NOT a fan of all these new genres, whatevercore, nothing-new-core, etc, and these guys haven’t really released anything really interesting since this EP, so I dunno…

Anyway, this is it:

Hopesfall – No Wings To Speak Of (EP(2001))

01. Open Hands To The Wind
02.  April Left With Silence
03. The End Of An Era
04. The Far Pavilions

“Emotion. The word alone is subject to many meanings and connotations. To some it is a term used to describe everything from how they live their life to the music on their stereos written by androgynous teenagers. To others it is a sense of being. Something you feel when triggered at just the right moment and at just the right time. Something that is indescribable but yearns to be described. Something that when channeled, has the power to move you in just the right way that it becomes forever etched in who you are.Even though the album begins with a blast of dissonance, it is not long before you hear the signature spacey-ness that makes up much of Hopesfall’s sound. Reverb soaked leads spiderweb their way through even the heaviest of Doug Venable’s screams and provide an uplifting feeling of hope in the music. It is never complex or over the top, just simple leads and octaves, but delivered in just the right way to perfectly accent the rest of the instruments.

Can’t really say I agree 100% with this above, but it is a GREAT EP. You can find it here!

Best regards,
That Vulture

This next band hails from sweden, and while there are a shitload of shitty melody-ridden “death” metal from sweden, this is far from it. Cult Of Luna plays what some call “post metal” or “post hardcore” or “Sludge” or whatever. All I know is that it’s pretty freaking awesome. Other bands in these genres worth mentioning while we’re at it is Neurosis, Pelican, Russian Circle, to mention a few. Oh, and Isis.

Cult Of Luna formed in Umeå, Sweden in 1998.  They parted from the remains of a hardcore band called Eclipse. There are 8 members in the band, and they sure sounds like it. Heavy and disturbing as #!%#!.

The album I’m posting here today isn’t an album at all. It’s a limited edition vinyl 7″ single. Limited. Well. Eye of the beholder, etc. It was limited to 1000 + 500 copies, and since Cult Of Luna is a HUGE band with a HUGE fanbase, you might call that limited, but there are other great bands who doesn’t exactly consider 1500 copies limited, but I digress.

Cult Of Luna – Bodies/Recluse VLS

01. Bodies (Smashing Pumpkins-cover)
02. Recluse (Unbroken-cover)

Given free when you purchased the album “Somewhere Along The Highway” from any UK indie record store. Limited to 1000 7” copies.
This was also sold on tour with Cult Of Luna limited to 500 copies with complete artwork (hence different version).

I love these two tracks with their original bands also, but Cult Of Luna really makes these two songs their own.

Get this vinyl single here!

Best regards,
That Vulture