VA - Possessed To Skate Vol. 2 EP (2002)

Great 10" comp featuring 4 bands from 3 countries (Sweden, Japan and USA). As you can tell by the title and the cover, the theme is skateboarding. No slow jams here.

1. E.T.A. - Let's Go, Let's Skate
2. E.T.A. - Trouble Ahead
3. E.T.A. - World Is Burning
4. E.T.A. - Let's Drink Some Beer (Gang Green)
5. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - The Fever
6. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Image
7. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Quarantined
8. LIFE SET STRUGGLE - Rippin' Shit Up
9. BREAKFAST - Don't Step! Hands Off!
10. BREAKFAST - Sequoia
11. BREAKFAST - Alameda
12. BREAKFAST - Window
13. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Now's The Time
14. SCHOLASTIC DETH - On The Road Of Life…
15. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Bring it Back…
16. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Fuck It, I Quit
17. SCHOLASTIC DETH - Scene Of The Spectacle
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VA - Dark Thoughts - A Tribute To C.O.C. EP (2003)

Let's face it, most tribute records suck. Here's one that doesn't. Six covers of early Corrosion Of Conformity done by 4 bands (that don't suck) in just over 8 minutes. Short and sweet and straight to the point. You're welcome.

1. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? - Prayer
2. HOLIER THAN THOU? - Citizen / Not For Me
3. CAUSTIC CHRIST - Rabid Dogs
4. MUNICIPAL WASTE - Intervention
5. MUNICIPAL WASTE - Minds Are Controlled
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SANNYASIN - For Those Who Crucify Us tape (1999)

14 years ago I saw these guys at a sXe hardcore show in Lisbon Portugal and they blew my socks off. I normally don't listen to this type of melodic hardcore, but something about them just resonated with me. So of course I bought their demo tape at that gig. I used to play it all the time, but at some point I've seemed to have misplaced it. Luckily I have it on a burnt CDr that I downloaded off an old Lisbon Hardcore page. This version includes a Bad Brains cover that wasn't on the tape. 

1. For Those Who Crucify Us
2. Mind Pugilism
3. Deathstopsthebreathingsong
4. Resurrection
5. Sannyasin
6. Centered
7. Lifer
8. Depression (Black Flag)
9. Sailin' On (Bad Brains)
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CRUEL FORCE - Ancient Black Spirit single (2011)

Blackened thrash metal from Germany. This 7" single came out before the band's 2nd LP, "Under The Sign Of The Moon". The A-side is a different recording than the album version, while the on the flip side you get a badass cover of a NWOBHM classic. As a bonus I also added their cover of Bathory's "Return Of Darkness And Evil", which was only available on the first vinyl pressing of UTSOTM. The song is not included on the CD version or the 2013 vinyl reissue.

1. Ancient Black Spirit
2. Heavy Metal Mania (Holocaust)
3. The Return Of Darkness And Evil (Bathory) [BONUS TRACK]
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RAMMER - Siege Of Madness LP (2014)

I first heard this Toronto thrash band back in 2003 when I saw them open for S.T.R.E.E.T.S. at the Cobalt, and I was a fan ever since. They put out one album and a bunch of EP's in their 9 year existence before splitting up in 2008. This here is their 'lost' album that they recorded sometime in the mid-00's but was never released until two years ago when 100 copies were put out for Record Store Day. I think the delay had something to do with the band waiting for the cover art, which is why these had silk-screened covers made from inside-out record sleeves. It would be cool to see this album get the proper release it deserves one of these days, until then here it is.

1. State Of Decay
2. Obliteration WWVI
3. Cryptocracy
4. A Questionable Obsession With The Recently Deceased
5. Tyrants Apocalypse
6. Wolfcult Chernobyl
7. Death Shark
8. A Way Back From Hell
9. Following The Abyss
10. Siege Of Madness 
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RANDY RAMPAGE - S/T EP (1982)

Okay, time for some long overdue Canadian content. I just realized I haven't posted anything local since last July. Since I've posted so much other early Vancouver punk on here, you'd think I'd have posted this record ages ago. Well, I would have if I had it. This is one of those albums I've seen around for years but never picked up because even battered copies were so expensive. I finally decided to bite the bullet and I found a near mint one online, since I don't think it's getting reissued anytime soon.

Randy Rampage recorded this solo project shortly after leaving DOA in '82, enlisting help from his friends Chuck Biscuits, Zippy Pinhead and Brad Kent(RIP). More about this record and Randy's early bands can be found on the Bloodied But Unbowed page. 

1. Cheap Tragedies (The Avengers)
2. Don't Be Afraid
3. The Last Song
4. Livin' On Borrowed Time
5. Why, Why, Why?
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E.T.A. - tracks from split with Tear It Up LP (2001)

I was going to post the entire record until I noticed the Tear It Up side is available on iTunes. The E.T.A. tracks aren't available anywhere else and this 12" is long out of print, so here you go. On their own, these 9 songs would've made a pretty killer 7". On the long defunct E.T.A. website, they made mention of an upcoming CD release on Deranged Records called 'Let's Rock Tonight' that would've included these songs, plus the 'We Are The Attack' EP and their tracks from the 'Possessed To Skate 2' comp. I'm still waiting for that to come out 13 years later. 

1. Fucked For Life
2. Disciple Of The Watch
3. Buried Alive
4. Day By Day
5. I Got Problems
6. I Won't Listen
7. S.O.D.
8. No Win Situation
9. Who's The Winner?
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