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Back in the saddle again today. I had some formatting issues w/ the post yesterday so if it looked all effed up to you, give it another read as I think it’s well written (i.e. not by me), and go check out Shit-Fi.com, if nothing else read the article on Tax Scam records, and the Japanese Noise-Core primer. Hails to Stuart who does the site, and from whom I stole the content yesterday.

Found someone selling off their 90’s crusty and dirty stuff. Some real junkers (as always), but a few you definitely wanna grip. First off is a real bargain sleeper. I swear one day this record is going to be in demand. Mid-90’s Connecticut had a ton of these heavy crust punk type bands, all of them coming out of Torrington from what I understand. Hail Of Rage is one of the more forgotten entries in this lineage, they only issued this Fucking Pissed 7″, and a split much later that hardly sounds the same. I think they shared member with Deformed Conscience (who are more remembered), and musically they have some in common, but H.O.R. brought more speed to the table. To me they kind of work it half way between Infest/Citizen’s Arrest and Doom/ENT, in other words if the classic Britcore style got a little more frantic and Americanized. The vocals are way above average too, and for sure qualify the title Fucking Pissed. This is the repressing of the 7″and will probably sell for less than $5, if you’ve not heard it check it out for real.

Another good selection here is this Noothgrush 7″ on Slap-A-Ham, “Embraced By Anti Self”. If you’re not familiar with this band, basically, just imagine baby Eyehategod circa In The Name Of Suffering, but with socially conscious lyrics I guess. I think for the sludgy 90’s DIY stuff, this band trumped pretty much everyone that wasn’t Corrupted. Definitely go on record as taking them over Grief (might be controversial?), 16, whoever. I guess this is one of the more desirable common pressings of their stuff because it’s on Slap-A-Ham which has become something of a cult label, at least for the early part of their catalog.