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I Like Hardcore Music. Do You Like Hardcore Music? - SAM, YOU MUST POST!
spoon_of_grimbo:
Thanks for the pg.99 stuff! I've been looking for their stuff for ages, seems it's mostly out of print :(
Here's three albums of dark, brooding hardcore stuff:
November Coming Fire - "Dungeness"
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Naming their band after a Danzig song, and their album after the most grim location one could wish to see (a barren headland in the southeast of England, consisting of a large shingle beach, a road, a powerstation, and a few driftwood shacks), it's obvious from the start that November Coming Fire aren't going to be all sunshine, kittens and lollipops. "Dungeness" combines the hardcore rage of Converge with the atmospheres and dark, ominous chord progressions of post-metal, and to great effect. If they hadn't broken up shortly after its release, these guys would be leading the UK underground right now.
Planes Mistaken for Stars - "Up in Them Guts"
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Whiskey-soaked, bleak-as-you-like, heavy post-hardcore. The absolutely oppressive "life-is-fucked" attitude and atmosphere is present on all their albums, but none more so than this, in my opinion their best. Strangely, despite the downbeat tone of their music, I briefly met Gared O'Donnell, the vocalist, and he's a proper cheerful, friendly bloke. Which I guess makes it even more impressive that he's able to conjure up such a shitstorm of sheer doominess on record.
Plate Six - "Anthems for a New Republic"
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I actually bought this off the back of a pretty vague, but very positive review I read in a magazine, and the fact that it has cool artwork and was going for ONE PENNY on amazon. Kinda hard to get into to start with, and I'll admit I only very occasionally listen to it, but when I'm in the right mood, it's great. Sounds like Fugazi on downers, playing inside a cement mixer.
Will:
Do you have the followup to that Planes record, "Mercy?" SOOOOO good..
Regarding Pg.99, I also have the split they did with Majority Rule and the Singles comp that compiles all their vinyl, split releases, demos, and other fun stuff. It's basically everything that wasn't on either of the three I already uploaded or their other full length Doc. #(9?). Give me a day, and I'll upload that as well.
Basically, I've been a fan of everything that has come from that scene. City Of Caterpillar was amazing; Brandon from Pg.99 started it w/ members of Orchid I believe. Pygmy Lush is crazy good. Malady and Corn On Macabre too...holy shit, so many good bands from that era.
spoon_of_grimbo:
--- Quote from: Will on 15 May 2009, 12:03 ---Do you have the followup to that Planes record, "Mercy?" SOOOOO good..
Regarding Pg.99, I also have the split they did with Majority Rule and the Singles comp that compiles all their vinyl, split releases, demos, and other fun stuff. It's basically everything that wasn't on either of the three I already uploaded or their other full length Doc. #(9?). Give me a day, and I'll upload that as well.
Basically, I've been a fan of everything that has come from that scene. City Of Caterpillar was amazing; Brandon from Pg.99 started it w/ members of Orchid I believe. Pygmy Lush is crazy good. Malady and Corn On Macabre too...holy shit, so many good bands from that era.
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yeah i've got mercy, it's probably my joint favourite planes release. tbh though, i like pretty much everything they've done, although "fuck with fire" is a bit weird. strange production and sorta transitions between the emo older stuff and darker newer stuff, so i find it hard to get into. but they released a comp of all the pre-fuck with fire stuff recently, and it's pretty badass too (not least because of the several black flag covers on it!)
and yeah, that other pg.99 stuff would be awesome mate! i really like the city of caterpillar record too, it really does seem like that was a great era. shame most of the stuff from it is out of print or hard to find now :|
Will:
Although it may not work out for you with international shipping, customs, and all that other nonsense, pretty much all the Pg.99 and related stuff I own, I've bought used through Amazon. I actually just bought Pg.99's Document #7 right after posting here, so now my collection will be complete.
You're from the UK, right? Looks like there's a used copy of Doc#8 (their best one) going for £7.72 on AmazonUK if you're looking to buy. Other than that, yeah, it's all OOP now, so best of luck. I'm happy to share what I've got, but here's something I hope will help if you're looking for the real thing.
Doc. #8
spoon_of_grimbo:
awesome! i'm the UK so that works out well for me! if that's still on there next time i've got enough cash to spare, i'll be ordering it reet quick like!
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