The World Is My Fuse

alright, so I made a pretty big Deathwish order the other week. There was alot of stuff that I wanted but I'm cheap so I wanted to wait for the Lewd Acts LP to come out so I'd only have to pay shipping once. Super stoked at how fast this shipped, especially considering the Lewd Acts LP was a pre-order.

The good, the bad, and the ugly.....

Unfortunately at this point I almost wish I just ordered ahead of time and forgot about Black Eyed Blues. If you have ever heard me complain about music, you'll know that I don't think very many current bands can pull off successful full-lengths. Case in point, Black Eyed Blues. I consider myself a fan of Lewd Acts, I liked their various material before their LP and with the exceedingly strong Lung Patrol EP I had my hopes way too high. First side of the LP is pretty solid, although for some reason parts come off as Cursed worship, weird. Side B is boring, especially lyrically. I'm sure other people will eat this up though, so more power to them. Whatever, at least I don't have to worry about flipping the record over. Record packaging (and poster) sure are pretty though, major high five to whoever designed them

Speaking of not flipping over records, Creatures' 12" EP I, Lucifer is up next! I'm not going to lie, I didn't have real high expectations for this one, but it was a pleasant surprise. Initially coming off as a poor man's Iron Age, the EP manages to hold its own by the end. Great heavy thrash riffs, it's clear these guys know their way around their instruments. The lyrical style isn't really my thing, but the vocals fit real well. Inhabiting only one side of the 12", this is the perfect length. And with the well placed instrumental track it's clear that length and timing is something these guys are conscious of, more bands should follow suit. The whole satanic thing is beginning to get a bit stale, but Jesus God loving Christ this album art is awesome. Possible candidate for my favorite of 09.

Cold World drops some new material in the form of a split with Pennsylvania veterans Strength For A Reason. Heavy without coming off as needlessly tough, the SFAR shares similarities with early Hatebreed, not a bad thing at all. In fact, I think their side is slightly stronger (no pun intended) than Cold World's. The Wilkes-Barre side has got a wicked intro complete with trademark sample, and it kicks into one of the strongest Cold World songs I've heard since Ice Grillz so highfives to them.

Streetwalkers are straight forward hardcore band that apparently shares member(s) (don't know who) with some band called Ceremony or something. The Vile Thoughts EPsounds like a modernized early black flag. In short, I like it alot. pick this up asap, probably my second favorite record of this batch!

Outbreak are back with a two song one-sided 7" clled Working Dead it's okay. They're maturing as a band and the energy comes through very well in Ryan's voice, but there's something about this EP that prevents it from connecting. Pick it up if you really like Outbreak. Oh, I listened to it 4 times in the time it took me to write this blurb, it's short in case you hadn't guessed.

Ahh yes, the most exciting of the bunch, Boiling Over's Trash City. As if the name didn't give away the surprise, this is great 80s Boston hardcore revial. Musically great, lyrically on point, I have absolutely no gripes with this record in the least. Will be getting regular rotation from me, for sure.

Returning to the realm of heavy hardcore, Downpresser are back with their second EP, Age of Ignorance there's something about the vocals and lyrics that have me coming back to this band. This doesn't surpass the Perverted Justice EP but it comes pretty close. These guys seem to bust their butts and it seems to slowly be paying off, hopefully they manage to tour thoroughly because they are a band I would really like to see.

Lastly is Mother Of Mercy's Passing Through The Fire everyone and their cousins seem to ride this band's dick right now, and with good reason. Just straight up good music. No lyrics insert here and Bob's vocals are hard to make out but other than that a solid EP, their full length, III is out on Six Feet Under, check both of these out. Oh, R.I.P LetxDown.

Fuck that was way too long, next time I get an order like this it's getting split up into two posts.

Also, I ordered a Terror LP and it was out of stock apparently. The nice people at Deathwish sent me a coupon for $11 in store credit and a copy of TUI's Secrets of the World. Don't know if this was intentional or not, but wicked! I now have two copies, if you want to trade for this one, let me know! (I'll trade for pretty much any LP)