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Hey folks — a very Happy (Belated) New Year to all of you! 2013 definitely turned out to be an interesting year for me, with lots of big changes, new projects, new responsibilities, etc., but an unfortunate side-effect of some of that was (as you’ve surely noticed) that the amount of time I’d been spending writing really tapered off as the year went on, to the point where I didn’t post
anything here for the last few months! Well, as you may have seen, I’ve started writing reviews of some new 2014 releases — and as time allows I promise I will also be sharing plenty of older stuff I’ve missed writing about, because believe me there has been a TON worth sharing!But more on that later. As I started doing last year, I’ve once again put together a collection of various people’s “best of” lists from 2013. Admittedly I sort of got a late start on this (I didn’t even put out the open invitation until after most websites had already finished with publishing all their year-end stuff), but several people have answered the call and contributed some really interesting lists that you’ll want to check out…
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Two New Splits From Tankcrimes!
Cannabis Corpse / Ghoul – Splatterhash (7 January 2014, Tankcrimes Records)
Exhumed / Iron Reagan – Split 12″ (7 January 2014, Tankcrimes Records)
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Tankcrimes Records has been known to put out some fairly unique and sought-after releases over the past few years. (For instance, who could forget 2012’s hugely successful Toxic Waste split featuring Toxic Holocaust and Municipal Waste?) Well yesterday, just barely a week into 2014, we find the label has issued not one but TWO more excellent split records to add to that impressive repertory.
Fatality – Psychonaut (New Album // Coming to Pittsburgh TONIGHT!)
Fatality – Psychonaut (self-released, 28 June 2013)
Hey, guys and gals! Remember Fatality? I first introduced you to this cool Canadian thrash band last summer when they were holding a contest, but at the same time I wrote a few words about their 2011 T.F.E.S. EP. That three-song release is still available to download for free (I’ll toss the Bandcamp widget at the bottom of this post), and the title track (“Thrash Fuck Eat Sleep”) is still one of the catchiest pieces of thrash metal I’ve heard in ages.
Anyway, the guys have a brand new album out now — they released Psychonaut two months ago, and since then they’ve been jaunting all across the United States and Canada on what they’re calling the “Towards Disastour”. (It’s a play on words, because there’s a song on the new record called “Towards Disaster”. Funny, right? These guys are just full of hilarity — just check out vocalist Spencer Le Von‘s ongoing tour blog over at Dead Rhetoric, or his series of Backseat Podcasts, or the band’s blog which he occasionally updates “with fervent apathy”. Seriously, check that shit out.)
The Towards Disastour tour is coming to a close tonight — Wednesday 28 August 2013 — with a stop in Pittsburgh, PA. Readers who live nearby are highly encouraged to come on out to Howlers in Bloomfield tonight. The show will also feature local thrash/traditional heavy metal greats Vermithrax and the NWOBHM-flavored Lady Beast (see full details about the show here). If you need more convincing than that (or if you live somewhere far away and won’t be able to go see the band in person tonight), keep on reading and I’ll tell you a little more about the new album Psychonaut.
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 19)
Kopec’s (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 23 June 2013
Storm King – “Aura of Failure”
Storm King – “Backfill”
Slaves BC – “The Four Horsemen: Wild Hunt”
Slaves BC – “Armageddon”
The Rock Room (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 29 June 2013
DeathCrawl – “Kill or Be Killed”
DeathCrawl – “Dead is Dead”
The Osedax – “Time Unveiled”
Meth Quarry – “Afterlife Daggers”
Slaves BC featuring Meth Quarry vocalist Adam Bailey – “Armageddon”
Sluggers (Charleroi, PA), 30 June 2013
Flesh Addict – “Sludge Surf” and “Brain Dead”
Stay tuned, because there will be lots more of these, as more shows take place throughout the second half of this year! Just keep checking back, or better yet, subscribe to the channel and you can get notifications whenever there’s something new for you to watch.
As an added bonus for making it ALL the way to the end of this lengthy retrospective, here is the full-sized version of the photo collage that was posted on Facebook. (Click to enlarge).
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 18)
The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 31 May 2013
Dethlehem – “Valley of the Blades” and “Oathbound” (New Song)
The week of this show marked the birthdays of two of the band’s members (drummer Overlord Brom and guitarist Hildor), so the audience joined in singing to them. Here’s a video of that, plus the song “Sky Palace of the Dragonriders” (with a guest appearance by former vocalist Lord Bonecrush, currently a member of Supervoid):
Save Us from the Archon – “3b. So you had a dream about this place.”
Invader – “A.C.R.R.”
Gooski’s (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 01 June 2013
Iron Gavel – “Song Three”
Falcifer
Wrought Iron also played at this show, and I swear I got video of one, maybe two, of their songs. But apparently those haven’t been uploaded to YouTube. I’ll have to search for them and make sure they didn’t just disappear into the ether or something…
Valley of Steel private picnic event (South Park, PA), 08 June 2013
Reflections – “Forest of Whispers”
Gooski’s (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 20 June 2013
Low Man – “Migraine”
Low Man – “Snake Farmer”
Cultivator – “I Can Relate”, “You Bring Me Down”, and “Where You Been”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 17)
Mr. Smalls Theatre (Millvale, PA), 18 May 2013
“Infestissumam” & “Per Aspera ad Inferi”
“Prime Mover”
“Elizabeth”
“Stand By Him”
“Year Zero”
“Ritual”
Mr. Smalls Theatre (Millvale, PA), 27 May 2013
I got a few videos of their amazing double-set performance on Memorial Day in Pittsburgh. I just haven’t had a chance yet to get them edited and uploaded! (There are a few that are well over 20 minutes in length!) So keep an eye on this space; they will be coming soon!
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 16)
Garfield Artworks (Garfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 11 May 2013
Order of the Owl – “Wraith”
Order of the Owl – “In the Noon of the After Day”
Red Sun – “Pale Horse”
Sistered – “Get it Out”
“An Evening of Regret”
Trio Lounge (Washington, PA), 17 May 2013
Dope Lake – “Catheter”
Dope Lake – “Backyard Rodeo”
Lycosa – “24 Becomes 0”
Lycosa – “Burn in Hell” (Twisted Sister cover)
Lycosa – “Aroused Chaos and Vanity” (New Song) and “Seek & Destroy” (Metallica Cover)
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 15)
Now That’s Class (Cleveland, Ohio), 04 May 2013
3 Inches of Blood – “Metal Woman”
3 Inches of Blood – “The Goatriders Horde”
Ichabod Crane – “Hail!”
Ichabod Crane – “Nudes for Satan” (New Song)
Solarburn rehearsal space (Allentown / Pittsburgh, PA), 05 May 2013
Solarburn and Pipewrench were playing another show together this evening. We were just on our way home from Ohio (from the Cleveland show the night before), but we’d been invited to go hand out with Solarburn before the show. At their practice space, we caught the following video of a brand new song they’d been working on…
“O.P.H.A.F.O.” (“Our Pets’ Heads are Falling Off”)
The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 05 May 2013
Pipewrench – “Neurosurgery” (New Song)
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 14)
Cafe Bourbon Street and The Summit (Columbus, Ohio)
Red Sun were celebrating the tenth anniversary of their band’s formation, so they invited a whole bunch of their friends to come play with them at two neighboring venues in Columbus. Here are videos of most of the bands that were there.
Red Sun – “Highway Sniper”
Mockingbird – “Burdens”
Biipiigwan – “Rodentia”
Before the Eyewall – “Euxine Currents”
Gator’s Lounge (Jeannette, PA), 26 April 2013
Pipewrench – “The Deer Slayer (I: The Long Road to Recovery)”
Pipewrench – “Zombie Walk”
Solarburn also played at this show, but unfortunately due to an equipment issue, we ended up losing the recording of their performance.
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 20 June)
VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 13)
Gopher Hole (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 12 April 2013
Shiff – “Biology of Fucking Kickin’ It” and “Anarchy Band”
Meth Quarry – “Selfish” (New Song) and “Crash Anthem”
The Shop (Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 19 April 2013
Biipiigwan – “Nishkaak”
Biipiigwan – “Shkweyaang”
Biipiigwan – “Nibaak”
Godstopper – “Death’s Clothes”
Godstopper – “Sick of Everything (Hollow Eyed Friends)” and “Clean House”
Solarburn – “C-Section” and “Choad”
Flesh Addict – “Socially Inactive”
Flesh Addict – “50 Cents”, “Sludge Surf”, and “Brain Dead”
Flesh Addict – “Brake a Deal” and “Choke”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Valley of Steel 