The latest titles from THE COMPOUND RECS. include:

DIE CHOKING - III

Limited LP, Import CD. Digital

GRIDFAILURE - Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here

Eco-wallet CD, Digital

CLASSHOLE - Classhole

Digipak CD, Digital

GRIDFAILURE: Track From Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP Premiered At Loudwire; Collaborative Track With Walking Bombs Streaming At Blow The Scene

Posted on 09/30/2016 by the compound

A new track GRIDFAILURE is now playing at Loudwire, as the hostile alchemist announces the impending free digital EP from which the sample has been extracted. The outfit also declares several additional recordings nearing completion, including its second full-length.

The trials initiated as Teeth Collection have since taken a new direction, these recordings now encapsulated in the second GRIDFAILURE full-length album of the same name. Though the title of the series has transformed, the free EP series continues as planned, the first of which is in its final stages. Further Layers Of Societal Collapse presents several random recordings which see the outfit’s works which infiltrate further realms of biomechanical madness, meshing ghostly and fractured elements of dark ambient, power electronics, and industrial metal with the confrontational wrath of tectonic hardcore on a rudderless course where anything goes.

Loudwire unloads an early track from GRIDFAILURE’s Further Layers Of Societal Collapse into the masses through its Rumblings From The Underground column, offering “Woodlands Of Self-Impalement” for your auditory displeasure. The write-up issues, “’Woodlands of Self-Impalement’ is seven-and-a-half minutes of brooding, ominous torture that begs for something catastrophic to happen, but it doesn’t — it just lurks in the shadows as you frantically survey your surroundings, just waiting for the axe to fall, pissing yourself with nervous anticipation. True apocalyptic nihilism at its electronic worst (that means best for all you uninitiated)!”

Stream “Woodlands Of Self-Impalement” through Loudwire at THIS LOCATION.

GRIDFAILURE will offer Further Layers Of Societal Collapse as a free download on October 30th through Bandcamp HERE.

Further Layers Of Societal Collapse Track Listing:
1. A Severing Of Ties
2. Digital Crush
3. Android Infusion
4. Get Fucked Dance
5. Broken Systems
6. Indian Point Direct Proximity Warning Tester
7. Woodlands Of Self-Impalement

GRIDFAILURE recently collaborated with neighboring upstate New York project Walking Bombs, for the anti-Trump anthem “Demagogue,” which is set to appear on the experimental punk/rock outfit’s impending Peace Quest EP. The EP is mastered by Tad Doyle (Tad, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth) and the new track was premiered at Blow The Scene this week RIGHT HERE.

Also being completed is GRIDFAILURE’s second album Teeth Collection, which takes the experimental expansion of the Further Layers Of Societal Collapse EP to creepy new levels of dementia, infusing tribal, cyber, folk, and hardcore elements, including multiple collaborations with random allies. Teeth Collection will be issued before the end of the year. Additional looming GRIDFAILURE recordings include a split with Richmond soloist Never Presence Forever, as well as multiple additional EPs, splits, collaborations, compilation tracks, videos, and more.

GRIDFAILURE is the auditory harvest of David Brenner (Earsplit, ex-Theologian, ex-Heidnik), who abuses dozens of instruments, brewing a haunted apocalypse aura wrought with unhinged vocal exploration in full DIY unaccountability The outfit’s Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here debut was released in May via The Compound Recs. Orders for the alluringly economical eco-wallet CD receive free GRIDFAILURE paraphernalia HERE; digitally the album can be found at Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, and most others.

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DIE CHOKING: Intense New Video For “Dead Figurehead” Playing At Clrvynt; Band Confirmed For Maryland Deathfest, 1Fest, And More

Posted on 09/21/2016 by the compound

[photo by Sickend Designs]

Philadelphia’s unhinged grind squad DIE CHOKING has just issued the first official video from their lauded and unstoppable III LP through an exclusive premiere at Clrvynt, and as always, announces another round of upcoming live actions.

The rapid visual deployment for “Dead Figurehead” is as intense and warped as DIE CHOKING’s auditory explosiveness on the track. A whirlwind of international leaders and political propaganda is delivered through a white-knuckled ride through a world of radical dementia, the video directed by Mitchell Luna (Maruta, Noisear) and Josh Mahesh (Heikousen, Fraud).

DIE CHOKING issues, “‘Dead Figurehead’ is a fuck-off to intolerance and pushes against the rising neo-fascism we are seeing in the US right now. There is a transparency and widespread popular criticism of American politics that we haven’t really seen since the 1960’s. The current candidacy has been an eye-opening mirror for Americans. In the end, it seems elected politicians are frequently not the leaders we want or need. Unfortunately, they may be the leaders we deserve.”

Heavy music portal Clrvynt has hosted the premiere of the new “Dead Figurehead” video, stating, “Despite the ample gross-outs, DIE CHOKING‘s latest video isn’t about shock value — it’s about waking the hell up and smelling the sweet, rancid fumes emanating from our collective dumpster fire, which grows stronger by the day.”

See DIE CHOKING’s “Dead Figurehead” at Clrvynt RIGHT HERE.

Following DIE CHOKING’s first European tour early this year alongside Paris-based Department Of Correction, the tour will now repeat itself on US shores. DOC will head into the country mid-October to join up with DIE CHOKING for a week-and-a-half of tour dates down the East Coast, which comes to a finale at the massive The Fest 15 in Gainesville, Florida with the likes of Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, and dozens more. The tour is surrounded by and includes a rash of shows with the likes of Noisear, Gadget, Pyrrhon, Trap Them, Yautja, Cloud Rat, and many others. DIE CHOKING will also take part in the multi-state 1Fest in January, including successive shows with Cloud Rat in New York City, Syracuse, and Boston. The band has also been confirmed for Maryland Deathfest 2017, set to appear with the likes of Autopsy, Insect Warefare, Siege, Warmaster, PLF, Iron Lung, and more.

One of 2015’s most unstoppable albums, DIE CHOKING’s III was initially released on limited vinyl through New York City-area-based The Compound Recs. after which it was licensed for release on CD through Poland’s Selfmadegod Records. Brand new merch designs and more are available through DIE CHOKING right HERE, vinyl and CDs can be ordered through The Compound HERE, and the CD is available in Europe through Selfmadegod HERE.

Writing for DIE CHOKING’s second full-length IV is underway with album pre-production currently happening. Additional info will be released in the weeks ahead.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
10/09/2016 Pi lam – Philadelphia, PA w/ Noisear, Mother Brain, Bea$ters [info]
10/12/2016 Sidebar – Baltimore, MD w/ Gadget, Vermin Womb [info]
10/20/2016 Good Weekend – Allentown, PA w/ Department Of Correction, Buzzherd [info]
10/21/2016 Shred Shed – Philadelphia, PA w/ Department Of Correction [info]
10/22/2016 Silent Barn (Abc No Rio exile show)– Brooklyn, NY w/ Department Of Correction, Pyrrhon, Chepang, Inertia [info]
10/23/2016 Gallery 5 – Richmond, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Burn/Ward [info]
10/24/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Virginia Beach, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Amara [info]
10/25/2016 Slims – Raleigh, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Old Codger [info]
10/26/2016 The Station – Charlotte, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Lesser Life [info]
10/27/2016 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Department Of Correction, Abacus, Cazador [info]
10/28/2016 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Department Of Correction, Grinchfinger [info]
10/29/2016 Rain Dogs – Jacksonville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Shadow Hunter [info]
10/30/2016 The Fest 15 – Gainesville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, more [info]
11/10/2016 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA w/ Trap Them, Yautja [info]
1/26/2017 1Fest NYC – Aviv NYC, NY w/ Cloud Rat [info]
1/27/2017 1Fest Syracuse – The Vault Syracuse, NY w/ Cloud Rat [info]
1/28/2017 1Fest Boston – Boston, MA w/ Cloud Rat
5/25-28/2017 Maryland Deathfest 2017 – Baltimore, MD w/ Autopsy, Insect Warefare, Siege, Warmaster, PLF, Iron Lung

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DIE CHOKING: Philadelphia Hypergrind Trio To Storm Full Terror Assault Fest This Weekend; Summer/Fall Tour Dates Expanded

Posted on 08/24/2016 by the compound

Die Choking Meatlocker 3 May 2016 [photo by Paul Buczkowski] [photo by Paul Buczkowski]

Philadelphia-based by-the-throat hardcore grinders DIE CHOKING will take their blistering live set to the audiences at Full Terror Assault fest this weekend in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. The band will storm the main stage of the massive gathering alongside the likes of Lock Up, Rotten Sound, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage, Sacred Reich, Shining, Master, and many others.

DIE CHOKING continues to tour in support of their debut LP, III, which has seen the band decimating audiences across North America and Europe steadily over the past year since the album’s release. The attack of the band’s first European tour early this year alongside Paris-based Department Of Correction will now repeat itself on US shores this Fall. DOC will head into the country mid-October to join up with DIE CHOKING for a week-and-a-half of tour dates down the East Coast, which comes to a finale at the massive The Fest 15 in Gainesville, Florida with the likes of Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, and dozens more. The tour is preceded by a rash of DIE CHOKING one-off shows over the coming weeks.

DIE CHOKING’s III is available on limited colored LP and CD via The Compound Recs HERE and the band HERE, and digitally via Bandcamp, iTunes, and all other digital outlets.

Decibel Magazine calls the band, “the energetic, Hellenistic philosophy-obsessed future of grind,” offering, “Just don’t think that DIE CHOKING’s fondness of brevity is another example of 21st Century grind kid ADD… the band takes pride in the arrangements, narrative and atmosphere of whirlwinds…” Stereogum issued, “…III’s not all flying spittle and popping veins. DIE CHOKING channels the intensity with a subtle songwriting intelligence that begins to emerge after the initial shock of their impact wears off.” Noisey notes how DIE CHOKING, “has grown a big reputation in short time for its unrelenting, caustic brand of socio-politically conscious, anti-authoritarian punk/metal played at tempos that come close to breaking the sound barrier, issuing of the LP, “III contains the band’s most confrontational, intense, and crust-fueled sounds yet while exploring heady philosophical concepts.” Bloody Disgusting praised the devastation of the album’s, “pure sensory assault, featuring blistering drums, raging vocals, and a wall of distorted guitars, all combining to ensure maximum face melting power,” and Cvlt Nation exclaims, “An all-out brutality fest will take place in your brain once you hear this album! From the very first to the last moment of this album, this band wants to punish, and they do a pummeling job of just that!”

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
8/26/2016 Moody’s Point – Bloomington, IL w/Kelut
8/27/2016 Full Terror Assault – Cave-In-Rock, IL w/ Rotten Sound, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage, Organ Dealer [info]
8/28/2016 Voodoo Brewery – Meadville, PA w/ Organ Dealer
9/01/2016 Rake’s End – Cincinnati, OH w/ True Of All Death
9/02/2016 Drkmttr – Nashville, TN w/ Forest of Tygers
9/03/2016 Rotten Fest – Tallahassee, FL w/ Night Witch, Abacus
9/04/2016 The Foundry Coffee – Savannah, GA
10/09/2016 Pi lam – Philadelphia, PA w/ Noisear, Mother Brain, Bea$ters
10/12/2016 Sidebar – Baltimore, MD w/ Gadget, Vermin Womb
10/20/2016 Good Weekend – Allentown, PA w/ Department Of Correction, Carved Up
10/21/2016 Shred Shed – Philadelphia, PA w/ Department Of Correction
10/22/2016 Silent Barn – New York, NY w/ Department Of Correction, Pyrrhon
10/23/2016 Gallery 5 – Richmond, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Burn/Ward
10/24/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Virginia Beach, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Amara
10/25/2016 Slims – Raleigh, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Old Codger
10/26/2016 The Station – Charlotte, NC w/ Department Of Correction
10/27/2016 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Department Of Correction
10/28/2016 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Department Of Correction
10/29/2016 Rain Dogs – Jacksonville, FL w/ Department Of Correction
10/30/2016 The Fest 15 – Gainesville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, more

GRIDFAILURE To Release Teeth Collection Free EP Series; Video And Additional Projects Under Construction

Posted on 07/12/2016 by the compound

Hostile alchemist GRIDFAILURE will issue a series of free digital EPs over the coming months, bearing the communal title, Teeth Collection.

The sequence of Teeth Collection chapters sees the GRIDFAILURE solo project delivering its unclassified sub-mutation of dark experimentation in collaboration with a wide array of musicians and cohorts, resulting in a noxious barrage of odd tunes to be considered unpredictably volatile and bizarre. The nauseating paranoia and wrath of GRIDFAILURE’s Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here debut sees the project casting speculation upon supremely macabre aspects of our decline, and envisioning humanity’s feeble struggle surviving in the sub-apocalyptic habitat of our impending future days.

The first installation of Teeth Collection will be released shortly, with multiple chapters to follow in succession throughout the upcoming months. Each EP will be made available for free download upon its release; once all chapters are issued, a physical manifestation of the series will take place.

Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here was released in May via the Earsplit DIY label sector, The Compound Recs. Orders for the alluringly economical eco-wallet CD receive free GRIDFAILURE paraphernalia HERE; digitally the album can be found at Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, and most others.

Stream Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here at Bandcamp HERE and Soundcloud HERE.

GRIDFAILURE is the outfit is the output of David Brenner (ex-Theologian, Heidnik, Dead By Dawn) who here layers unorthodox instrumentation wrought with unhinged vocal exploration and punishing rants, formulating a biomechanical mistake neither man or nature want to claim. Through the abuse of more than a dozen instruments and a library of field recordings, Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here bears eight movements performed, recorded, and produced entirely by Brenner. In addition to the Teeth Collection, several other new collaborations, splits, a video from Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here, a live incarnation of GRIDFAILURE, and more are under construction.

Noisey published, “skeletal compositions take horrifying shape and become dense nightmares of warped instruments, disintegrating static, and shifting tones that more closely resemble howling wind than actual music… Utilizing everything from decaying electronics to violins and harmonica, GRIDFAILURE manages to fuse the familiar and the foreign in a way that is more likely to cause listeners to clench their jaw than to nod their heads.” No Clean Singing talks of, “Wisps of eerie, hypnotic, melodic tones loop beneath the swirling moans and shrieks of phantasms and the cries of lost souls, along with flickering spasms of electronics… The experience is both disturbing and trance-inducing.” Svbterranean says, “The end result is eight sprawling, haunting tracks that will instill paranoia in listeners everywhere.” The Monolith writes, “Ensuring the Bloodline Ends Here sounds like Godflesh trapped down a mine shaft… Drone fans will identify with the atmospheres and the immersive soundscapes; an obvious comparison is Sunn O))), whose followers will find this a little more controlled and precise. Unsettling and confrontational…” And Wonderbox Metal claimed, “Upon pressing play the music takes you off into its dark world of urban blight and catastrophic end times, lulling you with electronic whispers and static cries, urging you to leave the real world behind and delve into the underworld of decaying cities and forgotten industrialization. This, along with the recent monstrous collaboration between Boris and Merzbow, has restored some of my faith in what is, for me, a very hit-or-miss genre.”

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DIE CHOKING Tours To Blood Rust Fest II This Weekend; New Summer And Fall Shows Confirmed

Posted on 07/07/2016 by the compound

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Philly hypergrinders DIE CHOKING will tour their way down the East Coast on their way to Blood Rust Fest II this weekend, with several shows surrounding the gathering.

The DIE CHOKING trio raids Pittsburgh tomorrow, Friday, July 8th, before their trek takes them to Asheville, North Carolina for Blood Rust Fest II, where they’ll shred alongside the likes of Torch Runner, Prisoner, Meatwound, and many others during the two-day melee. A show on the way home pits them in Winston-Salem, North Carolina this Sunday, July 10th with Meatwound and others.

DIE CHOKING has also booked other new shows for the Summer and Fall months, with new one-off gigs with Organ Dealer, Noisear, Gadget and others added, and more info and shows added to the band’s upcoming US tour with Paris-based allies in Department Of Correction. Further tour updates will be made in the coming weeks. A new music video for the track “Dead Figurehead” is imminent.

DIE CHOKING’s unhinged III debut LP is available on limited edition colored wax and CD via The Compound Recs HERE and the band HERE, and digitally via Bandcamp, iTunes, and all other digital outlets.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
7/08/2016 The Shop – Pittsburgh, PA
7/09/2016 Tiny Boat Art Space – Asheville, NC @ Blood Rust II w/ Torch Runner, Prisoner, Meatwound [info]
7/10/2016 Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC w/ Meatwound, The Mantle, Lesser Life [info]
8/26/2016 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
8/27/2016 Full Terror Assault – Cave-In-Rock, IL w/ Rotten Sound, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage, Organ Dealer
8/28/2016 Voodoo Brewery – Meadville, PA w/ Organ Dealer
9/02/2016 Drkmttr – Nashville, TN
9/03/2016 Rotten Fest – Tallahassee, FL
9/04/2016 house show – Savannah, GA
10/09/2016 Pilam – Philadelphia, PA w/ Noisear, Mother Brain, Bea$ters
10/12/2016 Sidebar – Baltimore, MD w/ Gadget
10/20/2016 Good Weekend – Allentown, PA w/ Department Of Correction, Carved Up
10/21/2016 Shred Shed – Philadelphia, PA w/ Department Of Correction
10/22/2016 Silent Barn – New York, NY w/ Department Of Correction, Pyrrhon
10/23/2016 Gallery 5 – Richmond, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Burn/Ward
10/24/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Virginia Beach, VA w/ Department Of Correction, Amara
10/25/2016 Slims – Raleigh, NC w/ Department Of Correction, Old Codger
10/26/2016 The Station – Charlotte, NC w/ Department Of Correction
10/27/2016 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Department Of Correction
10/28/2016 529 – Atlanta, GA w/ Department Of Correction
10/29/2016 Rain Dogs – Jacksonville, FL w/ Department Of Correction
10/30/2016 The Fest 15 – Gainesville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, Night Birds, more

CLASSHOLE: Louisiana Hardcore Punk Unit To Kick Off Divide & Conquer Tour 2016

Posted on 06/22/2016 by the compound

New Orleans’ favorite hardcore punk misfits CLASSHOLE are prepared to kick off their long-awaited Divide & Conquer Tour 2016. Set to commence tomorrow, June 23rd and run through June 30th, the nine-date run will condemn stages in Mobile, Spartanburg, Washington DC, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Memphis.

CLASSHOLE, featuring within its ranks a colorful cast of volume abusers from the likes of Eyehategod, Hawg Jaw, Outlaw Order, The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight, Mountain Of Wizard, Mangina, Tirefire, haarp, and more, released their self-titled debut via The Compound Recs in conjunction with band’s own Terror Cult imprint in January. Already issued in a limited vinyl run via Terror Cult, the CD edition comes as a four-panel digipak featuring an alternate layout and lyric liner, plus bonus video footage of the band performing live in NOLA.

Classhole is out NOW via The Compound Recs. For physical orders point your browser to THIS LOCATION. For the digitals, go HERE.

CLASSHOLE Divide & Conquer Tour 2016:
6/23/2016 The Blind Mule – Mobile, AL
6/24/2016 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
6/25/2016 The Pinch – Washington, DC
6/26/2016 The Depot – Baltimore, MD
6/27/2016 Acheron – Brooklyn, NY
6/28/2016 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
6/29/2016 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
6/30/2016 Hi Tone – Memphis, TN

“…the tunes they churn out here are full-fledged, fast, dark, and nasty… with a murderous groove and a vocalist more used to spitting black metal brimstone than dopesick bile.” – Noisey

“The music is suicidal, destructive nonchalance writhing in pain and apathy, all trapped in the same moment. CLASSHOLE have made a soundtrack to a descent into despair.” – New Noise

“…sick, dirty, anarchic, caustic….” – The Examiner

“…pure, unadulterated anger….” – Rock Shock Pop

“…fifteen tracks of angry, fast-paced punk laced with old-school hardcore breakdowns… There is no poetry, no pomp and certainly no circumstance. Merely an album of raw anthems replete with sing-along aspects and curb stomping brutality. The revolution is now and the soundtrack to the black bandana faced throwing of molotov cocktails will be CLASSHOLE.” – Nine Circles

CLASSHOLE:
Matt Muscle – Vocals
Gary Mader – Guitar
Grant Tom – Bass
Paul Webb – Drums

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DIE CHOKING Makes Maiden Trek Into Canada For Earslaughter Fest This Week; Fall US Tour With Department Of Correction Announced

Posted on 06/01/2016 by the compound

[photo by Paul Buczkowski]

DIE CHOKING will forge their way into Canada on their maiden live excursion in the country this weekend, confirmed to take part in Earslaughter Fest Vol 1 in Montreal alongside Macabre, Birdflesh, Malignant Tumor, and many others this Saturday, June 4th. Their performance at the fest on Saturday will be preceded by a show in Worcester on Friday evening, and followed by a set in Binghamton on Sunday.

Following their European tour together in February, the dates for DIE CHOKING’s upcoming US Fall tour with Paris-based Department Of Correction have also been announced. The shredding will begin on October 20th and storm down the entire East Coast, with the final show taking place October 30th at The Fest 15 in Gainesville alongside Fucking Invincible, Coke Bust, Braid, and tons more.

Additional one-off shows around the Fall tour and more are in the works, so as always, stand by for a further barrage of DIE CHOKING tour dates in the weeks ahead.

DIE CHOKING’s III is available on limited edition colored wax via The Compound Recs, and on CD through The Compound and Selfmadegod Records available HERE, and digitally via Bandcamp, iTunes, and more.

A recent interrogation with the band was recently published in the Philly Voice HERE.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
6/03/2016 Distant Castle – Worcester, MA w/ Eaten
6/04/2016 Katacombes – Montreal, QC @ Earslaughter Fest w/ Macabre, Birdflesh, Malignant Tumor, more [info]
6/05/2016 Fritzies – Binghamton, NY w/ Human Dissention
6/28/2016 Sit & Spin Records – Philadelphia, PA 5pm/all ages w/ Funeral Chic
7/08/2016 The Shop – Pittsburgh, PA
7/09/2016 Tiny Boat Art Space in Asheville, NC @ Blood Rust II Fest w/ Torch Runner, Prisoner, more
7/10/2016 The Hut Skate Park – Winston-Salem, NC
8/25-27/2016 Full Terror Assault – Cave-In-Rock, IL w/ Rotten Sound, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage
8/28/2016 Voodoo Brewery – Meadville, PA
9/02/2016 Drkmttr – Nashville, TN
9/03/2016 Rotten Fest – Tallahassee, FL
9/04/2016 house show – Savannah, GA
10/20/2016 Good Weekend – Allentown, PA w/ Department Of Correction
10/21/2016 Shred Shed – Philadelphia, PA w/ Department Of Correction
10/22/2016 Silent Barn – New York, NY w/ Department Of Correction
10/23/2016 TBA – Richmond, VA w/ Department Of Correction
10/24/2016 Riffhouse Pub – Virginia Beach, VA w/ Department Of Correction
10/25/2016 Slims – Raleigh, NC w/ Department Of Correction
10/26/2016 The Station – Charlotte, NC w/ Department Of Correction
10/27/2016 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Department Of Correction
10/28/2016 TBA – Atlanta, GA w/ Department Of Correction
10/29/2016 Rain Dogs – Jacksonville, FL w/ Department Of Correction
10/30/2016 The Fest 15 – Gainesville, FL w/ Department Of Correction, more

CLASSHOLE: NOLA-Based Hardcore Punk Miscreants Announce June Live Dates; Debut Out Now On The Compound Recs/Terror Cult

Posted on 05/24/2016 by the compound

New Orleans-based hardcore punk miscreants, CLASSHOLE, featuring within its ranks an assorted cast of amplification abusers from the likes of Eyehategod, Hawg Jaw, Outlaw Order, The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight, Mountain Of Wizard, Mangina, Tirefire, haarp, and more, will take to the streets next month on a short stretch of live demolitions. Set to commence June 23rd and run through June 30th, the eight-date rampage will crumble stages in Mobile, Spartanburg, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Memphis.

CLASSHOLE:
6/23/2016 The Blind Mule – Mobile, AL
6/24/2016 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
6/25/2016 The Pinch – Washington, DC
6/26/2016 The Depot – Baltimore, MD
6/27/2016 Acheron – Brooklyn, NY
6/28/2016 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
6/29/2016 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH
6/30/2016 Hi Tone – Memphis, TN

CLASSHOLE released their self-titled debut via The Compound Recs in conjunction with band’s own Terror Cult imprint in January. Already issued in a limited vinyl run via Terror Cult, the CD edition comes as a four-panel digipak featuring an alternate layout and lyric liner, plus bonus video footage of the band performing live in NOLA.

Boasts Noisey of the fifteen-track bruiser, “the tunes they churn out here are full-fledged, fast, dark, and nasty… with a murderous groove and a vocalist more used to spitting black metal brimstone than dopesick bile.” Rock Shock Pop concurs, celebrating a half-hour of, “pure, unadulterated anger.” The Examiner gushes, “From start to finish, the material on CLASSHOLE’s self-titled debut is loud, noisy hardcore punk music, sick, dirty, anarchic, caustic.” Nine Circles hails, “…fifteen tracks of angry, fast-paced punk laced with old-school hardcore breakdowns… There is no poetry, no pomp and certainly no circumstance. Merely an album of raw anthems replete with sing-along aspects and curb stomping brutality. The revolution is now and the soundtrack to the black bandana faced throwing of molotov cocktails will be CLASSHOLE.” Razorcake notes, “…influences range from early hardcore to later powerviolence, with not a single dud song to speak of. Plus, how can you not love a band named CLASSHOLE? Highly recommended.” Adds The Sludgelord, “The entire album sounds like the derailment of a freight train coming through a Republican party parade.”

Classhole is out NOW via The Compound Recs. For physical orders point your browser to THIS LOCATION. Desirers of the digitals, go HERE.

CLASSHOLE:
Matt Muscle – Vocals
Gary Mader – Guitar
Grant Tom – Bass
Paul Webb – Drums

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DIE CHOKING Mini-Tour With Pyrrhon Goes Down This Week; Shows With Rotten Sound, Ramming Speed, Full Of Hell, And More Follow

Posted on 05/10/2016 by the compound

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Philly’s diehard tour soldiers, DIE CHOKING, take their blazing grind back out the latest run of seemingly non-stop touring in support of their III LP this week.

Beginning this Thursday, May 12th, the latest mini-tour will see the DIE CHOKING trio consecutively leveling Providence, Boston, Portland, and Syracuse through the 15th, paired with NYC avant death metal outfit, Pyrrhon, on all but the final show. Later this month will see the band performing with the likes of Rotten Sound, Ramming Speed, Full Of Hell, and others, followed by Earslaughter Fest Vol 1, Blood Rust II Fest, Full Terror Assault Fest, Rotten Fest, and much more through the rest of the year.

A video for the track “Dead Figurehead” will be released alongside additional tour dates and more in the coming days. DIE CHOKING is also currently writing material for the follow-up to III which will soon be slated for recording later in the year.

DIE CHOKING’s III is available on limited edition colored wax via The Compound Recs, and on CD through The Compound and Selfmadegod Records available HERE, and digitally via most providers including Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.

DIE CHOKING Tour Dates:
5/12/2016 The Funky Jungle – Providence, RI w/ Pyrrhon
5/13/2016 Obrien’s – Boston, MA w/ Pyrrhon
5/14/2016 Geno’s Rock Club – Portland, ME w/ Pyrrhon
5/15/2016 – Westcott Community Center – Syracuse, NY
5/24/2016 The Meatlocker – Monclair, NJ w/ Full Of Hell, Organ Dealer, Sunrot
5/26/2016 Boot N Saddle – Philadelphia, PA w/ Rotten Sound, Ramming Speed
6/03/2016 Distant Castle – Worcester, MA w/ Eaten
6/04/2016 Katacombes – Montreal, QC @ Earslaughter Fest w/ Birdflesh, Malignant Tumor, more [info]
6/05/2016 TBA – Binghamton, NY
7/08-10/2016 Tiny Boat Art Space in Asheville, NC@ Blood Rust II Fest w/ Torch Runner, Prisoner, more
8/25-27/2016 Full Terror Assault Fest – Cave-In-Rock, IL w/ Rotten Sound, Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage
9/02-04/2016 Rotten Fest – Tallahassee, FL

GRIDFAILURE: Cvlt Nation Premieres “Self-Exile” As Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here Release Looms

Posted on 05/04/2016 by the compound

As torturous new experimental outfit, GRIDFAILURE, prepares for its Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here for release on Friday the 13th, Cvlt Nation has issued the record’s “Self-Exile” for mutual consumption.

A soundtrack to which the listener may feel driven to podcast their own snuff film live, or explore creative surgery tactics on unsuspecting neighbors, Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here is a curious mutant; an unforeseen entity which was only conceived three months ago. The sole creator of these atrocities generated the GRIDFAILURE classification to embody the Frankensteinian, musical experimentation taking place in random sessions. When these trials went very wrong, instead of burying and denying the project immediately, the confused architect dove headlong into the abyss, creating the perplexing, exploratory attack on the senses, Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here.

Cvlt Nation has premiered GRIDFAILURE’s “Self-Exile,” noting, “Deep underground exists forgotten cities that have become a graveyard for a past that is only alive in our nightmares. GRIDFAILURE is a noise artist who creates morbid soundscapes that can act as a guide into the unknown places that imagination might not want to go.” Listen now at THIS LOCATION.

Also hear the track “Apparitions Revenge” at No Clean Singing RIGHT HERE.

Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here will see release on eco-wallet CD and digital via the Earsplit label faction, The Compound Recs, Friday, May 13th. Preordered physical copies receive free GRIDFAILURE paraphernalia HERE, and digital preorders include an instant download of the track “Apparitions Revenge” HERE.

GRIDFAILURE‘s Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here bears eight movements performed, recorded, and produced entirely by David Brenner (Theologian, ex-Heidnik), who misuses a variety of guitars, basses, violins, harmonica, keyboards, electronics, chimes, drums, and elements of incineration, physical ailments, weather systems, faunae, and other auditory unpredictability. Layers of unorthodox instrumentation wrought with unhinged waves of vocal exploration and punishing rants formulate a biomechanical mistake neither man or nature want to claim.

GRIDFAILURE will continue to unfold, expand, and deteriorate upon the public in the coming months with the infusion of additional performers, through collaborative recordings, and more, with new material and live inflictions being devised for the coming months.

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