20 Buck Spin is now closed until early January. All orders placed on Dec. 17th or later will ship when we’re back open. A few new items have been put up on the site. They are:
Coffins – The Other Side Of Blasphemy 2xLP (North America only)
Skullflower – IIIrd Gatekeeper CD
Fear Falls Burning & Birchville Cat Motel CD
Fear Falls Burning & Nadja CD
Insect Warfare – World Extermination CD
Insect Warfare – Endless Execution Thru Violent Restitution CD
Bloodfreak – Live Fast, Die Young... CD
Thanks for all your support during 2007!
12.16.2007
11.23.2007
News / Huge Sale
In This Update:
* Sanctum “On The Horizon” Announcement
* The Endless Blockade “Primitive” Update
* Black Boned Angel Update
* Confirmed releases for 2008
* Huge Mailorder Sale + New Birchville 3xCDR
Seattle’s Sanctum will release the CD version of their new album “On The Horizon” through 20 Buck Spin. We previously worked with the band earlier this year on their split CD with Oakland’s Stormcrow. You can expect no frills, straightforward crust-crushing mayhem in the vein of pre-Earache Bolt Thrower. The CD version of “On The Horizon” will include 7 additional bonus tracks compiling the bands first two vinyl only EPs, “Enslaved” and “Sanctum”. We’re shooting for an early February release and the band will commence a full US tour in mid February through March with Europe to follow in the Fall.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade will track their new album “Primitive” in mid-December. From there it will be sent to Scott Hull for mixing and mastering. Expect about 22 minutes of punishing Neo Power-Violence. This will be released on both CD and LP. There will be a limited mailorder only version of the LP details of which are still being worked out. Artwork will be handled by Glyn www.scrawled.co.uk. A “remix” CD of Primitive will also be released later in 2008 with noise takes on Primitive by some of the bands favorites, tentatively set to include Sixes, Sickness, Nordvargr, Contagious Orgasm and Joshua Norton Cabal and maybe, just maybe, Noah Creshevsky. Further still into the future a CD Discography will be released containing all the bands vinyl only output. An exclusive shirt design and the bands split LP with Hatred Surge should be in stock through 20 Buck Spin mailorder during December.
A master for the third Black Boned Angel album is on the way to 20 Buck Spin now. No word on a title or artwork yet, but we’re sure it’ll be another masterpiss of glacially heavy experimentation. 20 Buck Spin will release the album in North America with Riot Season handling the rest.
A collaborative album between Black Boned Angel and Nadja has been completed. The album will consist of 2 tracks each over 20 minutes long. 20 Buck Spin will release the album worldwide on CD and LP. A third track will likely be released through Campbell’s Battlecruiser imprint in a limited form. This should be out during the first half of 2008.
The following releases are confirmed for 2008
Coffins “Buried Death”
Sanctum “On The Horizon”
The Endless Blockade “Primitive”
Black Boned Angel “TBA”
Black Boned Angel / Nadja “TBA”
Samothrace “TBA”
Finally, as it is the end of the year 20 Buck Spin is having a huge mailorder sale. This sale applies only to North American orders. Everything has been marked down, including all 20 Buck Spin CDs for $8 and 2xCDs for $9, postage paid. Shirts, vinyl, etc have all been reduced for a limited time.
There is also a new Birchville Cat Motel 3xCDR available titled “Astro Catastrophes”. New stuff is also in from Winters In Osaka and Grey Daturas. And we’ve restocked Corrupted “El Mundo Frio” finally.
The marked down prices will be good between now and December 15th. After the 15th 20 Buck Spin will shut down for the rest of the year. All prices will revert back to normal. Any order placed after December 15th will not be shipped until the first week of January 2008.
www.20buckspin.com for more info.
20buckspin.blogspot.com
* Sanctum “On The Horizon” Announcement
* The Endless Blockade “Primitive” Update
* Black Boned Angel Update
* Confirmed releases for 2008
* Huge Mailorder Sale + New Birchville 3xCDR
Seattle’s Sanctum will release the CD version of their new album “On The Horizon” through 20 Buck Spin. We previously worked with the band earlier this year on their split CD with Oakland’s Stormcrow. You can expect no frills, straightforward crust-crushing mayhem in the vein of pre-Earache Bolt Thrower. The CD version of “On The Horizon” will include 7 additional bonus tracks compiling the bands first two vinyl only EPs, “Enslaved” and “Sanctum”. We’re shooting for an early February release and the band will commence a full US tour in mid February through March with Europe to follow in the Fall.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade will track their new album “Primitive” in mid-December. From there it will be sent to Scott Hull for mixing and mastering. Expect about 22 minutes of punishing Neo Power-Violence. This will be released on both CD and LP. There will be a limited mailorder only version of the LP details of which are still being worked out. Artwork will be handled by Glyn www.scrawled.co.uk. A “remix” CD of Primitive will also be released later in 2008 with noise takes on Primitive by some of the bands favorites, tentatively set to include Sixes, Sickness, Nordvargr, Contagious Orgasm and Joshua Norton Cabal and maybe, just maybe, Noah Creshevsky. Further still into the future a CD Discography will be released containing all the bands vinyl only output. An exclusive shirt design and the bands split LP with Hatred Surge should be in stock through 20 Buck Spin mailorder during December.
A master for the third Black Boned Angel album is on the way to 20 Buck Spin now. No word on a title or artwork yet, but we’re sure it’ll be another masterpiss of glacially heavy experimentation. 20 Buck Spin will release the album in North America with Riot Season handling the rest.
A collaborative album between Black Boned Angel and Nadja has been completed. The album will consist of 2 tracks each over 20 minutes long. 20 Buck Spin will release the album worldwide on CD and LP. A third track will likely be released through Campbell’s Battlecruiser imprint in a limited form. This should be out during the first half of 2008.
The following releases are confirmed for 2008
Coffins “Buried Death”
Sanctum “On The Horizon”
The Endless Blockade “Primitive”
Black Boned Angel “TBA”
Black Boned Angel / Nadja “TBA”
Samothrace “TBA”
Finally, as it is the end of the year 20 Buck Spin is having a huge mailorder sale. This sale applies only to North American orders. Everything has been marked down, including all 20 Buck Spin CDs for $8 and 2xCDs for $9, postage paid. Shirts, vinyl, etc have all been reduced for a limited time.
There is also a new Birchville Cat Motel 3xCDR available titled “Astro Catastrophes”. New stuff is also in from Winters In Osaka and Grey Daturas. And we’ve restocked Corrupted “El Mundo Frio” finally.
The marked down prices will be good between now and December 15th. After the 15th 20 Buck Spin will shut down for the rest of the year. All prices will revert back to normal. Any order placed after December 15th will not be shipped until the first week of January 2008.
www.20buckspin.com for more info.
20buckspin.blogspot.com
11.06.2007
Some new mailorder items
We got a few new things in this week:
Grey Daturas - Dead In The Woods CD
The Howling Wind - Pestilence & Peril CD
Negative Plane - Et In Saecula Saeculorum CD
and we've restoked
Monarch - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2xCD
Coming soon we'll have a new Triple CD set from Birchville Cat Motel released by Campbell through his Celebrate Psi... label, the new Zoroaster will also be in stock shortly.
ORDER AT WWW.20BUCKSPIN.COM
Grey Daturas - Dead In The Woods CD
The Howling Wind - Pestilence & Peril CD
Negative Plane - Et In Saecula Saeculorum CD
and we've restoked
Monarch - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2xCD
Coming soon we'll have a new Triple CD set from Birchville Cat Motel released by Campbell through his Celebrate Psi... label, the new Zoroaster will also be in stock shortly.
ORDER AT WWW.20BUCKSPIN.COM
10.14.2007
Vargr Out + More News...
20 Buck Spin is now relocated to Olympia, Washington. We appreciate everyone’s patience, particularly mailorder shoppers, during the move period. We are finally catching up and all your orders will be on the way very shortly. Thanks again.
First up, we’ve got a new release available. Vargr’s Northern Black Supremacy CD. This will be the last 20 Buck Spin release for 2007. A sample track “Do What We Say” is up on the 20 Buck Spin website and myspace page. Here’s the word:
Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk is a familiar name in underground experimental noise circles, and black metal circles alike. From his work with the pioneering black industrial band MZ.412 to his many solo ventures under his own name, to collaborations with Merzbow, to other projects like Folkstorm and Toroidh, Bjorkk has been prolific to say the least. The common element in all his work has been overwhelming darkness and dread. Under the Vargr moniker, Bjorkk returns to his roots in a way. The foundation of Northern Black Supremacy is black metal of the coldest variety (think Ildjarn or Beherit), but it's buried in a no-fi terror soundtrack complete with eerie samples and anguished screams recalling his work in MZ.412. One of the harshest statements in Bjorkk's vast cannon of releases, Northern Black Supremacy captures perfectly the coldest essence of Scandinavian black metal through a filter of unthinkable horror and militancy. In his words: No Trend. No Feeling. No Production. No Mercy.
We’ve also got a limited amount of the obscure first Vargr release from the Russian Eternal Pride label.
The end of the year will see three 20 Buck Spin bands getting into the studio.
Coffins will record their third full length album, which will be called “Buried Death”. The album will tentatively have 8 tracks with the following titles:
Under The Stench
Buried Death
Purgatorial Madness
Altars In Gore
Cadaver Blood
Mortification To Ruin
Eternal Inurnment
The Frozen Styx
We’re shooting for an April release with Buried Death, both CD and LP this time. As with The Other Side Of Blasphemy, the Southern Lord label will help with distribution.
Enucleation Records is set to release both The Other Side Of Blasphemy and the split with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God on vinyl.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade will record their second LP, Primitive, in the waning months of 2007. They’ll track it themselves and Scott Hull will mix and master. The final product should be 20-22 minutes of prime Neo-Powerviolence. Later, a CD version containing reworkings of tracks by noise artists carefully selected by the band will see the light as well. Tentative tracklisting, subject to change, for Primitive:
Death To Spies
Shot, Bound and Drowned
The Stain
Do Not Resuscitate
93 93/93
Like Partridges
Irrationalism Uber Alles
Raised By Wolves
Perfection
Phantom
Christ Suslov
The Endless Blockade
Samothrace from Lawrence, Kansas will record their debut LP around the end of the year. Crushing, slow, but melodic doom crust is their game. Samothrace recently completed a West Coast tour where they made many new friends and fans and created anticipation for the LP. In the meantime, we’ve put up a demo track on the 20 Buck Spin myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin
Campbell Kneale is finishing up both the third full length Black Boned Angel release as well as a collaboration album with Nadja. The 3rd BBA release will be out on Riot Season, and on 20 Buck Spin in North America. The collab album is also set for release on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow recently recorded tracks for a split release with Oakland behemoth Laudanum, tentatively set for release by No Options Records. A split with Coffins is in the works to be released later in 2008 on 20 Buck Spin.
Seattle’s Sanctum have finished their first full length album. The LP is due out on No Options Records. The band will tour the country in February 2008.
Grey Daturas are about to embark on a large US tour. Their recent split with Monarch is out now on 20 Buck Spin. An LP version will be out soon on Throne. We’ll have copies of the vinyl shortly after it’s release. Check greydaturas.com for tour dates.
In mailorder we’ve got new stuff from:
Atavist
Half Makeshift
Merzbow Vs. Nordvargr
Oakhelm
Portal
Ten Horned Beast
Toroidh
Von Thronstahl
And much more.
More news soon…
First up, we’ve got a new release available. Vargr’s Northern Black Supremacy CD. This will be the last 20 Buck Spin release for 2007. A sample track “Do What We Say” is up on the 20 Buck Spin website and myspace page. Here’s the word:
Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk is a familiar name in underground experimental noise circles, and black metal circles alike. From his work with the pioneering black industrial band MZ.412 to his many solo ventures under his own name, to collaborations with Merzbow, to other projects like Folkstorm and Toroidh, Bjorkk has been prolific to say the least. The common element in all his work has been overwhelming darkness and dread. Under the Vargr moniker, Bjorkk returns to his roots in a way. The foundation of Northern Black Supremacy is black metal of the coldest variety (think Ildjarn or Beherit), but it's buried in a no-fi terror soundtrack complete with eerie samples and anguished screams recalling his work in MZ.412. One of the harshest statements in Bjorkk's vast cannon of releases, Northern Black Supremacy captures perfectly the coldest essence of Scandinavian black metal through a filter of unthinkable horror and militancy. In his words: No Trend. No Feeling. No Production. No Mercy.
We’ve also got a limited amount of the obscure first Vargr release from the Russian Eternal Pride label.
The end of the year will see three 20 Buck Spin bands getting into the studio.
Coffins will record their third full length album, which will be called “Buried Death”. The album will tentatively have 8 tracks with the following titles:
Under The Stench
Buried Death
Purgatorial Madness
Altars In Gore
Cadaver Blood
Mortification To Ruin
Eternal Inurnment
The Frozen Styx
We’re shooting for an April release with Buried Death, both CD and LP this time. As with The Other Side Of Blasphemy, the Southern Lord label will help with distribution.
Enucleation Records is set to release both The Other Side Of Blasphemy and the split with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God on vinyl.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade will record their second LP, Primitive, in the waning months of 2007. They’ll track it themselves and Scott Hull will mix and master. The final product should be 20-22 minutes of prime Neo-Powerviolence. Later, a CD version containing reworkings of tracks by noise artists carefully selected by the band will see the light as well. Tentative tracklisting, subject to change, for Primitive:
Death To Spies
Shot, Bound and Drowned
The Stain
Do Not Resuscitate
93 93/93
Like Partridges
Irrationalism Uber Alles
Raised By Wolves
Perfection
Phantom
Christ Suslov
The Endless Blockade
Samothrace from Lawrence, Kansas will record their debut LP around the end of the year. Crushing, slow, but melodic doom crust is their game. Samothrace recently completed a West Coast tour where they made many new friends and fans and created anticipation for the LP. In the meantime, we’ve put up a demo track on the 20 Buck Spin myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin
Campbell Kneale is finishing up both the third full length Black Boned Angel release as well as a collaboration album with Nadja. The 3rd BBA release will be out on Riot Season, and on 20 Buck Spin in North America. The collab album is also set for release on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow recently recorded tracks for a split release with Oakland behemoth Laudanum, tentatively set for release by No Options Records. A split with Coffins is in the works to be released later in 2008 on 20 Buck Spin.
Seattle’s Sanctum have finished their first full length album. The LP is due out on No Options Records. The band will tour the country in February 2008.
Grey Daturas are about to embark on a large US tour. Their recent split with Monarch is out now on 20 Buck Spin. An LP version will be out soon on Throne. We’ll have copies of the vinyl shortly after it’s release. Check greydaturas.com for tour dates.
In mailorder we’ve got new stuff from:
Atavist
Half Makeshift
Merzbow Vs. Nordvargr
Oakhelm
Portal
Ten Horned Beast
Toroidh
Von Thronstahl
And much more.
More news soon…
9.25.2007
New Mailing Address
20 Buck Spin is relocating in less than two weeks. We have a new mailing address which should be used from this day forward for all correspondence, payments, billing, trade packages, promo mailings, hate mail, love letters, meg white related amateur vids, etc.
20 BUCK SPIN
PMB #136
120 State Avenue NE
Olympia, WA 98501
20 BUCK SPIN
PMB #136
120 State Avenue NE
Olympia, WA 98501
9.10.2007
Grey Daturas / Monarch Split Available Now. New Coffins Shirts
The Grey Daturas / Monarch “Dawn Of The Catalyst” CD is available now through 20 Buck Spin. Won’t be available in distros for a few weeks yet.
Two respected underground heavyweights pair up on ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’. Australia’s Grey Daturas have built a solid following over the last few years through constant touring worldwide with artists like Neurosis, Wolf Eyes and Yellow Swans (having also released splits with the latter two). Their combination of Sonic Youth style guitar-improv freakouts with more detuned doomed ambience and all out noise has attracted fans from all dank corners of underground music. France’s female-fronted Monarch is that country’s entry into the slo-mo nihilistic utterly oppressive doom genre where they’ve distinguished themselves from their peers in both sound and aesthetics. On ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’ each band contributes one extended track, both veering to the more experimental, droning, lurching side of their collective personas. A split to be felt more than simply heard, it requires full volume and full bass frequencies for maximum effect.
Two new Coffins shirt designs are also available. Go to the Coffins page on the 20 Buck Spin website to check them out. One new black t-shirt, and one on white if you just have too many black shirts already (like us).
New shit in mailorder this week too:
Alcest – Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde CD
Ammit – Hammer of Darkness CD
Book Of Black Earth – The Feast LP
Circle – Arkades 2xCD
Circle – Panic CD
Cobalt – War Metal CD
MASTER – Unreleased 1985 Album CD
Nachtmystium – Eulogy IV LP
Runemagick – On Funeral Wings CD
Runemagick / Ocean Chief – Northern Lights CD
Sleep – Holy Mountain LP
Striborg – Ghostwoodlands CD
Striborg – Nefaria CD
Striborg – Nocturnal Emissons / Nyctophobia CD
Striborg – Spiritual Catharsis CD
Restocks:
Circle – Forest CD
Circle – Tulikoira CD
Oakenthrone #5 Zine
20 Buck Spin is relocating to Olympia, Washington in early October. We won’t be shipping orders between September 25th and October 8th. You can still order, but it won’t be shipped until October 9th if you order on or after September 2nd. Get it? Good. We’ll have a new snail mail address posted on the site soon. More news to come…
Two respected underground heavyweights pair up on ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’. Australia’s Grey Daturas have built a solid following over the last few years through constant touring worldwide with artists like Neurosis, Wolf Eyes and Yellow Swans (having also released splits with the latter two). Their combination of Sonic Youth style guitar-improv freakouts with more detuned doomed ambience and all out noise has attracted fans from all dank corners of underground music. France’s female-fronted Monarch is that country’s entry into the slo-mo nihilistic utterly oppressive doom genre where they’ve distinguished themselves from their peers in both sound and aesthetics. On ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’ each band contributes one extended track, both veering to the more experimental, droning, lurching side of their collective personas. A split to be felt more than simply heard, it requires full volume and full bass frequencies for maximum effect.
Two new Coffins shirt designs are also available. Go to the Coffins page on the 20 Buck Spin website to check them out. One new black t-shirt, and one on white if you just have too many black shirts already (like us).
New shit in mailorder this week too:
Alcest – Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde CD
Ammit – Hammer of Darkness CD
Book Of Black Earth – The Feast LP
Circle – Arkades 2xCD
Circle – Panic CD
Cobalt – War Metal CD
MASTER – Unreleased 1985 Album CD
Nachtmystium – Eulogy IV LP
Runemagick – On Funeral Wings CD
Runemagick / Ocean Chief – Northern Lights CD
Sleep – Holy Mountain LP
Striborg – Ghostwoodlands CD
Striborg – Nefaria CD
Striborg – Nocturnal Emissons / Nyctophobia CD
Striborg – Spiritual Catharsis CD
Restocks:
Circle – Forest CD
Circle – Tulikoira CD
Oakenthrone #5 Zine
20 Buck Spin is relocating to Olympia, Washington in early October. We won’t be shipping orders between September 25th and October 8th. You can still order, but it won’t be shipped until October 9th if you order on or after September 2nd. Get it? Good. We’ll have a new snail mail address posted on the site soon. More news to come…
8.21.2007
More Mailorder Stuff
Bone Awl - Not For Our Feet LP
Corrupted / Discordance Axis / 324 split CD
Disgust - War Deterrent CD
Tarantula Hawk - 1 CD
Unholy Grave - Terroraging Crisis CD
V/A - Grind Bastards CD (Jap grind comp)
www.20buckspin.com
Corrupted / Discordance Axis / 324 split CD
Disgust - War Deterrent CD
Tarantula Hawk - 1 CD
Unholy Grave - Terroraging Crisis CD
V/A - Grind Bastards CD (Jap grind comp)
www.20buckspin.com
8.19.2007
Some New Mailorder Items
couple new things in today:
ares kingdom - return to dust LP
bone awl - meaningless leaning mess LP
caina - mourner cd
cobalt - eater of birds cd (best album of 07 so far)
coffins - mortuary in darkness cd (finally repressed)
ares kingdom - return to dust LP
bone awl - meaningless leaning mess LP
caina - mourner cd
cobalt - eater of birds cd (best album of 07 so far)
coffins - mortuary in darkness cd (finally repressed)
Some Release Dates
Grey Daturas / Monarch 'Dawn Of The Catalyst' CD is officially released October 2nd.
Vargr 'Northern Black Supremacy' is released officially October 16th.
Both will be available through mailorder prior to their release dates.
Vargr 'Northern Black Supremacy' is released officially October 16th.
Both will be available through mailorder prior to their release dates.
8.02.2007
Coffins Split & Half Makeshift CD Out Now + New Release Announcement
Two new releases are now available:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
These will only be available through 20 Buck Spin for the next few weeks.
MP3s from both releases have been uploaded to 20buckspin.com and also to our myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin - including a brand new Coffins track titled “Decapitated Crawl”.
Descriptions:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Coffins has made a big name for themselves in the year since the release of their universally praised 2nd full length "The Other Side Of Blasphemy". Fans of death metal, doom and crust have all flocked to the impossibly catchy old school approach Coffins call their own. On this split, Coffins returns with their first new material since the release of the LP, two brand new classics and a cover in tribute to old gods Pungent Stench. SoCal's long-but-awesomely-monikered The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God make their four track debut on the split. Similar in style to both Graves At Sea and Coffins with some added dirt n grime production wise and insanely pissed gutteral vocals, The Arm & Sword... are among the best new bands to come from the barren sunburnt wastelands outside LA. The CD also features amazing new artwork from our office mate David D'Andrea. Features special vertical gatefold packaging.
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
Half Makeshift is the solo project of Pennsylvania's Nathan Michael. The first release under the Half Makeshift moniker, Aphotic Leech, released by Utech Records, was a single expansive track of strained piano, ominous war drums and subterranean guitar noise described by Brainwashed as "nothing short of massive" and "an entire world of sound with viscerally effective moments." L'anse Amort contains four tracks that expand on Aphotic Leech's density, creating more space and reflection, more peaks and valleys. The monumental 17 minute opener "Whale Heart" builds from a simple melody and crackling electro-static to eventually collapse under its own weight in a huge Nadja-esque wall of drone riffery. Tracks like "Oblivion" and the title track recall the vast landscapes of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and even Radiohead at their most adventurous. Different from anything previously released by 20 Buck Spin, L'anse Amort is epic in a way most "post-rock" bands can only aspire to. Comes specially packaged in a vertical gatefold with four photographic postcards.
Finally, a quick announcment regarding a new album to be released later this year on 20 Buck Spin: Henrik “Nordvargr” Bjorkk is a known name to most in the underground experimental/noise world. He has released a prolific amount of material in recent years. As long time followers of MZ.412 and his solo work we are happy to announce the release of “Northern Black Supremacy” an album by his Vargr alter-ego. Vargr is essentially a black metal project – black metal of a bestial, lo-fi, bordering on outright noise variety. Bands that come to mind when listening to “Northern Black Supremacy” include Ildjarn, Abruptum, Leviathan, French Black Legions, Ayat, Beherit and of course MZ.412. Audio abominations from the depths of an underground torture chamber. Twisted, raw and completely ugly. Expect it in October/November.
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
These will only be available through 20 Buck Spin for the next few weeks.
MP3s from both releases have been uploaded to 20buckspin.com and also to our myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin - including a brand new Coffins track titled “Decapitated Crawl”.
Descriptions:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Coffins has made a big name for themselves in the year since the release of their universally praised 2nd full length "The Other Side Of Blasphemy". Fans of death metal, doom and crust have all flocked to the impossibly catchy old school approach Coffins call their own. On this split, Coffins returns with their first new material since the release of the LP, two brand new classics and a cover in tribute to old gods Pungent Stench. SoCal's long-but-awesomely-monikered The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God make their four track debut on the split. Similar in style to both Graves At Sea and Coffins with some added dirt n grime production wise and insanely pissed gutteral vocals, The Arm & Sword... are among the best new bands to come from the barren sunburnt wastelands outside LA. The CD also features amazing new artwork from our office mate David D'Andrea. Features special vertical gatefold packaging.
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
Half Makeshift is the solo project of Pennsylvania's Nathan Michael. The first release under the Half Makeshift moniker, Aphotic Leech, released by Utech Records, was a single expansive track of strained piano, ominous war drums and subterranean guitar noise described by Brainwashed as "nothing short of massive" and "an entire world of sound with viscerally effective moments." L'anse Amort contains four tracks that expand on Aphotic Leech's density, creating more space and reflection, more peaks and valleys. The monumental 17 minute opener "Whale Heart" builds from a simple melody and crackling electro-static to eventually collapse under its own weight in a huge Nadja-esque wall of drone riffery. Tracks like "Oblivion" and the title track recall the vast landscapes of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and even Radiohead at their most adventurous. Different from anything previously released by 20 Buck Spin, L'anse Amort is epic in a way most "post-rock" bands can only aspire to. Comes specially packaged in a vertical gatefold with four photographic postcards.
Finally, a quick announcment regarding a new album to be released later this year on 20 Buck Spin: Henrik “Nordvargr” Bjorkk is a known name to most in the underground experimental/noise world. He has released a prolific amount of material in recent years. As long time followers of MZ.412 and his solo work we are happy to announce the release of “Northern Black Supremacy” an album by his Vargr alter-ego. Vargr is essentially a black metal project – black metal of a bestial, lo-fi, bordering on outright noise variety. Bands that come to mind when listening to “Northern Black Supremacy” include Ildjarn, Abruptum, Leviathan, French Black Legions, Ayat, Beherit and of course MZ.412. Audio abominations from the depths of an underground torture chamber. Twisted, raw and completely ugly. Expect it in October/November.
7.16.2007
News July 2007
20 Buck Spin News Update July 2007
Neige from Alcest / Peste Noire / Amesoeurs will be the vocalist on the next Forgotten Woods album Intolerance Div.
The next Forgotten Woods album, Intolerance Div., has been composed and is ready to be recorded whenever time permits the band to do so. Expect a slightly different approach this time around. Some song titles are "Welcome Perversity", "Swine vs. Swine", "It's Plain To See" and "Alpha Ego".
The two bonus tracks found on the Total Holocaust re-release of Sjel Av Natten will finally also be recorded in a proper fashion. Whether or not these make the cut for the album is uncertain however.
The current Forgotten Woods album “Race Of Cain” on 20 Buck Spin has received positive reviews and continues to attract attention. The band was featured in Decibel Mag recently and will have upcoming interviews in Metal Maniacs, Pitchfork and Zero Tolerance.
Whitehorse have finished their first US tour and have attracted a legion of new followers in the process, flooring crowds on both coasts. The self-titled 2xCD is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow will play a show at Gilman Street in Berkeley on August 10th to honor the release of the split CD with Sanctum. Hopefully we’ll get a full length out of the band in 2008. In the meantime, splits with Oakland’s Laudanum and Skaven are in line. An exclusive shirt design should be available in the near future through 20 Buck Spin.
Coffins has been confirmed for the Maryland Deathfest 2008. We hope to schedule some touring around this, at least on the east coast and if all goes well, the West Coast too. Their split CD with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God, featuring 2 new tracks and a Pungent Stench cover, will be officially released on September 4th, but will be available through 20 Buck Spin mailorder well before that date. The band continues to write for their 3rd full length due in 2008.
Graves At Sea are back in action after an extended hiatus. Half the band has relocated to Portland and Oakland respectively. A new rhythm section is in place with Chiyo (Noothgrush) on drum and Miguel (Sour Vein, etc) on bass. The band will go to Japan in October and tour with Corrupted. A split with Wolves In The Throne Room is in the works.
20 Buck Spin is happy to announce that we’ll release the debut album from Lawrence Kansas’ Samothrace in early 2008. Samothrace plays crushing doom crust with a melodic sense beyond their years. They have sample tracks up, and a demo available, at myspace.com/samothraceproject
Wormwood have been invited to play in Japan also. Dates are forthcoming. In the meantime, the band will be touring down the West Coast around the Labor Day weekend, including a show at Gilman Street with Ludicra. Check myspace.com/wormwood for all the dates. Starvation is out now on 20 Buck Spin
Book Of Black Earth embark this week on a West Coast tour supporting Intronaut. Dates and venues can be found at myspace.com/bookofblackearth. The Feast is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade recently completed a tour of Europe with Iron Lung. They continue writing for the next LP, Primitive, due on 20 Buck Spin in early 2008.
September 4th will also be the official release date for Half Makeshift’s “L’anse Amort” CD on 20 Buck Spin. Experimental landscapes both serene and terrifying, with elements of everything from Black Boned Angel to Philip Jeck. Currently a release is available on Utech Records, titled “Aphotic Leech”.
A two track split CD (LP on Throne) will be released in September between Grey Daturas and Monarch. Each track is on the more experimental, less structured, droning, feedbacking, ultra low end heavy side of the bands personas with mastering duties handled by Scott Hull. The bands are also to play shows together in Europe in late August. Grey Daturas will have a full length released on Neurot around the same time.
October is the expected / hopeful release time for Hammers Of Misfortune’s “The Locust Years” LP version. The CD is available only as an import in North America, and the album’s length and artwork, seem ultimately appropriate for the vinyl format. Expect a beautiful gatefold edition.
Black Boned Angel recently completed a short Australian tour. Work on the third full length continues. Campbell Kneale’s main project Birchville Cat Motel will be coming to the States in December, likely the West Coast.
New stuff in mailorder includes 2 live limited edition releases from Khanate via the Archive CD label, the Coffins/Cianide split EP, new Cds from N.I.L., Profanatica, Coffins/Otesanek split, Xasthur/Leviathan split and restocks on Asunder’s Works Will Come Undone and Zoroaster’s self-titled MCD.
Neige from Alcest / Peste Noire / Amesoeurs will be the vocalist on the next Forgotten Woods album Intolerance Div.
The next Forgotten Woods album, Intolerance Div., has been composed and is ready to be recorded whenever time permits the band to do so. Expect a slightly different approach this time around. Some song titles are "Welcome Perversity", "Swine vs. Swine", "It's Plain To See" and "Alpha Ego".
The two bonus tracks found on the Total Holocaust re-release of Sjel Av Natten will finally also be recorded in a proper fashion. Whether or not these make the cut for the album is uncertain however.
The current Forgotten Woods album “Race Of Cain” on 20 Buck Spin has received positive reviews and continues to attract attention. The band was featured in Decibel Mag recently and will have upcoming interviews in Metal Maniacs, Pitchfork and Zero Tolerance.
Whitehorse have finished their first US tour and have attracted a legion of new followers in the process, flooring crowds on both coasts. The self-titled 2xCD is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow will play a show at Gilman Street in Berkeley on August 10th to honor the release of the split CD with Sanctum. Hopefully we’ll get a full length out of the band in 2008. In the meantime, splits with Oakland’s Laudanum and Skaven are in line. An exclusive shirt design should be available in the near future through 20 Buck Spin.
Coffins has been confirmed for the Maryland Deathfest 2008. We hope to schedule some touring around this, at least on the east coast and if all goes well, the West Coast too. Their split CD with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God, featuring 2 new tracks and a Pungent Stench cover, will be officially released on September 4th, but will be available through 20 Buck Spin mailorder well before that date. The band continues to write for their 3rd full length due in 2008.
Graves At Sea are back in action after an extended hiatus. Half the band has relocated to Portland and Oakland respectively. A new rhythm section is in place with Chiyo (Noothgrush) on drum and Miguel (Sour Vein, etc) on bass. The band will go to Japan in October and tour with Corrupted. A split with Wolves In The Throne Room is in the works.
20 Buck Spin is happy to announce that we’ll release the debut album from Lawrence Kansas’ Samothrace in early 2008. Samothrace plays crushing doom crust with a melodic sense beyond their years. They have sample tracks up, and a demo available, at myspace.com/samothraceproject
Wormwood have been invited to play in Japan also. Dates are forthcoming. In the meantime, the band will be touring down the West Coast around the Labor Day weekend, including a show at Gilman Street with Ludicra. Check myspace.com/wormwood for all the dates. Starvation is out now on 20 Buck Spin
Book Of Black Earth embark this week on a West Coast tour supporting Intronaut. Dates and venues can be found at myspace.com/bookofblackearth. The Feast is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade recently completed a tour of Europe with Iron Lung. They continue writing for the next LP, Primitive, due on 20 Buck Spin in early 2008.
September 4th will also be the official release date for Half Makeshift’s “L’anse Amort” CD on 20 Buck Spin. Experimental landscapes both serene and terrifying, with elements of everything from Black Boned Angel to Philip Jeck. Currently a release is available on Utech Records, titled “Aphotic Leech”.
A two track split CD (LP on Throne) will be released in September between Grey Daturas and Monarch. Each track is on the more experimental, less structured, droning, feedbacking, ultra low end heavy side of the bands personas with mastering duties handled by Scott Hull. The bands are also to play shows together in Europe in late August. Grey Daturas will have a full length released on Neurot around the same time.
October is the expected / hopeful release time for Hammers Of Misfortune’s “The Locust Years” LP version. The CD is available only as an import in North America, and the album’s length and artwork, seem ultimately appropriate for the vinyl format. Expect a beautiful gatefold edition.
Black Boned Angel recently completed a short Australian tour. Work on the third full length continues. Campbell Kneale’s main project Birchville Cat Motel will be coming to the States in December, likely the West Coast.
New stuff in mailorder includes 2 live limited edition releases from Khanate via the Archive CD label, the Coffins/Cianide split EP, new Cds from N.I.L., Profanatica, Coffins/Otesanek split, Xasthur/Leviathan split and restocks on Asunder’s Works Will Come Undone and Zoroaster’s self-titled MCD.
7.02.2007
6.17.2007
20 Buck Spin now available on Emusic
20 Buck Spin releases are now available to those who are Emusic subscribers. All the albums should be available through iTunes and other digital download stores in the coming weeks. Everything we've released on CD is available or will be shortly - including Black Boned Angel's currently unavailable Supereclipse. We'll have our own download store available through the 20 Buck Spin website in a few months.
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6.08.2007
Forgotten Woods "Race Of Cain" Now Available
The new album from Norway’s Forgotten Woods, “Race Of Cain”, is now available from 20 Buck Spin. The CD is packaged in a 6 panel sepia tone digipak. The CD is available only to those with mailing addresses in North America. The rest of the world must buy from the ATMF label in Italy. The CD is $12 postage paid in North America.
We are also offering a CD / Shirt combination of “Race Of Cain” for $25 postage paid in North America. This can be purchased on the Forgotten Woods band page on the 20 Buck Spin website.
Finally, for a short time, we are offering a package deal of all 5 albums we have released thus far in 2007. They are: Forgotten Woods – Race Of Cain CD, Whitehorse – Whitehorse 2xCD, Stormcrow/Sanctum – Split CD, Rakhim – Crimson Umbrella CD and Wormwood – Starvation CD. This is being offered for $50 postage paid and is available in North America only. They would be $61 individually.
Go to 20buckspin.com to get the new Forgotten Woods.
We are also offering a CD / Shirt combination of “Race Of Cain” for $25 postage paid in North America. This can be purchased on the Forgotten Woods band page on the 20 Buck Spin website.
Finally, for a short time, we are offering a package deal of all 5 albums we have released thus far in 2007. They are: Forgotten Woods – Race Of Cain CD, Whitehorse – Whitehorse 2xCD, Stormcrow/Sanctum – Split CD, Rakhim – Crimson Umbrella CD and Wormwood – Starvation CD. This is being offered for $50 postage paid and is available in North America only. They would be $61 individually.
Go to 20buckspin.com to get the new Forgotten Woods.
6.06.2007
5.31.2007
Whitehorse 2XCD & Stormcrow/Sanctum CD Out Now
20 Buck Spin Update June 1st, 2007
Both the Whitehorse 2xCD and Stormcrow/Sanctum Split CD are now available from 20 Buck Spin.
The Whitehorse 2xCD comes packaged in a black on black gatefold similar to Black Boned Angel’s Bliss & Void Inseparable CD. It includes an insert. The bands tentative US tour dates are posted on their band page on the 20 Buck Spin website.
The Stormcrow/Sanctum CD comes in a full color gatefold in the same style as Asunder’s “Works Will Come Undone” CD. The CD also includes a fold out mini-poster of the original gatefold artwork and lyrics and songtitles hand-scrawled by Dino of Dystopia/Asunder.
Full descriptions and sound samples are available at the 20 Buck Spin website.
New t-shirts for Coffins and Forgotten Woods are also available as well as some new additions to the mailorder.
More news to come soon.
www.20buckspin.com
Both the Whitehorse 2xCD and Stormcrow/Sanctum Split CD are now available from 20 Buck Spin.
The Whitehorse 2xCD comes packaged in a black on black gatefold similar to Black Boned Angel’s Bliss & Void Inseparable CD. It includes an insert. The bands tentative US tour dates are posted on their band page on the 20 Buck Spin website.
The Stormcrow/Sanctum CD comes in a full color gatefold in the same style as Asunder’s “Works Will Come Undone” CD. The CD also includes a fold out mini-poster of the original gatefold artwork and lyrics and songtitles hand-scrawled by Dino of Dystopia/Asunder.
Full descriptions and sound samples are available at the 20 Buck Spin website.
New t-shirts for Coffins and Forgotten Woods are also available as well as some new additions to the mailorder.
More news to come soon.
www.20buckspin.com
5.20.2007
New Forgotten Woods & Coffins Merch Available
The 20 Buck Spin website has been updated.
We’ve added:
Band pages and MP3s for:
Forgotten Woods: Race Of Cain (available early June)
Whitehorse: Whitehorse 2xCD (available late May)
Stormcrow/Sanctum: Split CD (available early June)
In addition, the following merch has been added:
Forgotten Woods: Race Of Cain 2-sided T-shirt
Coffins: Skull T-shirt
CDs from:
Destructo Swarmbots
Nortt
The Psychic Paramount
V/A – 3xCD Noise Box
Xasthur
The confirmed dates/locations for the Whitehorse US tour have also been posted.
Go check it out...
We’ve added:
Band pages and MP3s for:
Forgotten Woods: Race Of Cain (available early June)
Whitehorse: Whitehorse 2xCD (available late May)
Stormcrow/Sanctum: Split CD (available early June)
In addition, the following merch has been added:
Forgotten Woods: Race Of Cain 2-sided T-shirt
Coffins: Skull T-shirt
CDs from:
Destructo Swarmbots
Nortt
The Psychic Paramount
V/A – 3xCD Noise Box
Xasthur
The confirmed dates/locations for the Whitehorse US tour have also been posted.
Go check it out...
5.14.2007
Postal Rate Increases
POSTAL RATE INCREASES: The idiots at the US Postal Service have raised rates and made things much more confusing in the process.
BAD NEWS: We've had to raise some of our POSTAGE PAID rates.
GOOD NEWS: We are now including all of NORTH AMERICA in the US Prices. Canadians/Mexicans Rejoice!
Also, any domestic US order of 2 or more items (3 if vinyl is one) will be automatically sent via PRIORITY MAIL.
BAD NEWS: We've had to raise some of our POSTAGE PAID rates.
GOOD NEWS: We are now including all of NORTH AMERICA in the US Prices. Canadians/Mexicans Rejoice!
Also, any domestic US order of 2 or more items (3 if vinyl is one) will be automatically sent via PRIORITY MAIL.
4.29.2007
4.17.2007
4.12.2007
Coffins Split LP & Watain 2xLP in stock
We just got in stock the new split LP from Coffins and Otesanek and the beautiful gatefold 2xLP for the new Watain album "Sworn To The Dark". Descriptions on the site, www.20buckspin.com
4.09.2007
New FORGOTTEN WOODS Album On 20 Buck Spin
20 Buck Spin is proud to announce a collaboration with one of our all-time favorite bands, the cult underground black metal legends from Norway, Forgotten Woods.
Forgotten Woods has returned to the fold with their unique avant-raw black metal after a 10 year hiatus. “Race Of Cain” is no comeback album however. Rather it’s a continuation of the band’s singular style and vision as only Forgotten Woods can do it, showing that ultra raw, grim black metal has much room for originality and new ideas within its boundaries. No album in 2007 more fully embodies the spirit and aura of early 90s Norway, without sounding like a mere tribute, than “Race Of Cain”. Forgotten Woods was there.
20 Buck Spin will release “Race Of Cain” in North & South America. In Europe, Japan and Australia the album will be released by Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music.
20 Buck Spin will also re-release the entire Forgotten Woods back catalog in North America. The albums, “As The Wolves Gather”, “Sjel Av Natten” and “The Curse Of Mankind” have previously had little to no proper distribution in North America, relegating their status here to cult obscurity for underground fanatics. Now with a proper US based label, the albums will be widely available to a new generation of fans as well as those who missed out originally. All three re-releases will come in digipak format and will include the even more obscure demos as bonus tracks.
“Race Of Cain” should be released during May of 2007 with re-releases to follow in late Summer / early Fall. A follow-up album to “Race Of Cain” titled “Intolerance Div.” is already written and will be recorded during the Summer.
See a short promo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynKQhosig4
4.05.2007
20 Buck Spin Metal 15
The Wire published our Metal playlist in this month's issue with Terry Riley on the front. The albums were:
Ludicra - Fex Urbis, Lex Orbis
Melechesh - Emissaries
Wormwood - Starvation
Kylesa - To Walk A Middle Course
Asunder - Works Will Come Undone
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
Carbonized - Disharmonization
Cathedral - Forest Of Equilibrium
The Endless Blockade - Turn Illness Into A Weapon
Destroyer 666 - Cold Steel For An Iron Age
Dodheimsgard - Supervillian Outcast
Forgotten Woods - As The Wolves Gather
The Goslings - Grandeur Of Hair
Repugnant - Epitome Of Darkness
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening
Ludicra - Fex Urbis, Lex Orbis
Melechesh - Emissaries
Wormwood - Starvation
Kylesa - To Walk A Middle Course
Asunder - Works Will Come Undone
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
Carbonized - Disharmonization
Cathedral - Forest Of Equilibrium
The Endless Blockade - Turn Illness Into A Weapon
Destroyer 666 - Cold Steel For An Iron Age
Dodheimsgard - Supervillian Outcast
Forgotten Woods - As The Wolves Gather
The Goslings - Grandeur Of Hair
Repugnant - Epitome Of Darkness
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening
3.27.2007
Rakhim CD Now Available
20 Buck Spin News March 2007 – Rakhim
Visit 20buckspin.com for more info:
A quick update to let you know the Rakhim CD is available now and will be shipping out this week. Here’s a description:
What if Z'ev had written the intro to Darkthrone's "Blaze In The Northern Sky"? With that question in mind Finland's RAKHIM unearth "Crimson Umbrella" a two-track fit of kraut-noise psychosis, schizophrenic percussive clatter and layers of effects and over-processed vocal chants and screams. The nightmarish deconstruction of "Transylvanian Error" and "Ultimate Sword" bare only trace elements of main members Krypt and Rudimentor's day jobs in Circle and Pharaoh Overlord, with RAKHIM indulging in sonic terror too far gone for the aforementioned bands. Although the album's title makes reference to L.A.'s great Jesters Of Destiny, RAKHIM would more aptly call to mind Wolf Eyes filtered through a lengthy Faust tape jam. Best experienced through headphones at appropriately ear-bleeding volume.
Hear a sample of “Transylvanian Error” here:
http://www.20buckspin.com/bands/rakhim/rakhim.shtml
We’ve updated the 20 Buck Spin myspace page with a better layout and new song clips from Whitehorse, Wormwood, Rakhim and Half Makeshift. Check it out and add us if you haven’t already:
http://www.myspace.com/20buckspin
We’ve got a lot of new stuff in mailorder: the new Monarch, Corrupted stuff, stuff from the excellent Riot Season label and more. Here’s a complete listing of our mailorder stock, which we prefer to keep a smaller, quality batch of releases rather than everything under the sun:
20 Buck Spin releases:
SPIN003: BLACK BONED ANGEL "BLISS & VOID INSEPARABLE" CD
SPIN004: THE OBSESSED "LUNAR WOMB" LP
SPIN005: MRTYU "BLOOD TANTRA" 2XCD
SPIN006: GRAVES AT SEA "DOCUMENTS OF GRIEF" CD
SPIN007: COFFINS "THE OTHER SIDE OF BLASPHEMY" CD & SHIRT
SPIN008: BOOK OF BLACK EARTH "THE FEAST" CD & SHIRT
SPIN009: WORMWOOD "STARVATION" CD & SHIRT
SPIN010: RAKHIM "CRIMSON UMBRELLA" CD
Mailorder titles (full descriptions at 20buckspin.com):
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - ANTHEM OF THE SPACE CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - MINSTREL IN THE GALAXY CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - MYTH OF THE LOVE ELECTRIQUE CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - WILD GALS A GOGO CD
ASUNDER / LIKE FLIES ON FLESH SPLIT CD
ASUNDER - A CLARION CALL CD
CAINA - SOME PEOPLE FALL CD
CAMPBELL KNEALE - PINK STALINGRAD CD
CATTLE DECAPITATION - HUMAN JERKY PLP
CIRCLE - EARTHWORM CD
CIRCLE - FOREST CD
CIRCLE - MILJARD 2XCD
CORRUPTED - EL MUNDO FRIO CD
CORRUPTED - SE HACE POR LOS SUENOS ASESINOS CD
DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - CASK STRENGTH BLACK METAL 2XCD
DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - SELENOCLAST WOLVES CD
DEATHSPELL OMEGA - KENOSE CD
DOOM:VS - AETERNUM VALE CD
DRUDKH - AUTUMN AURORA CD
DRUDKH - BLOOD IN OUR WELLS CD
DRUDKH - FORGOTTEN LEGENDS CD
DRUDKH - LEBEDYNNY SHLYAKH CD
DRUDKH - SONGS OF GRIEF AND SOLITUDE CD
DYSTOPIA - THE AFTERMATH CD
DYSTOPIA - HUMAN = GARBAGE CD
FUNERAL ORCHESTRA, THE - SLOW SHALT BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW CD
GOSLINGS - GRANDEUR OF HAIR CD
GRAVES AT SEA / ASUNDER SPLIT CD
HALF MAKESHIFT - APHOTIC LEECH CD
HATE FOREST - BATTLEFIELDS CD
HATE FOREST - NIETZCHEISM CD
HATE FOREST - SCYTHIA + 1 CD
HATE FOREST - SORROW CD
ILDJARN - FOREST POETRY CD
KRIEG - BLUE MIASMA
LASSE MARHAUG/ CARLOS GIFFONI “LESBIAN BRUNCH” CD
LEVIATHAN - THE BLIND WOUND LP
LEVIATHAN/IUVENES - THE SPEED OF DARKNESS/LIVE IN ETERNAL SIN SPLIT CD
LUDICRA - S/T CD EP
LUDICRA - S/T 12 inch EP
LURKER OF CHALICE - S/T 2xLP
MALIGN - DIVINE FACING/FIREBORN CD
MAR DE GRISES - THE TATTERDEMALION EXPRESS CD
MAYHEM/MEADS OF ASPHODEL SPLIT MCD
MIRAG - BLACK TEMPLE CARVED IN SMOKE CD EP
MONARCH - DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 2XCD
MY SHAMEFUL - THE RETURN TO NOTHING CD
NACHTMYSTIUM - INSTINCT: DECAY LP
NACHTMYSTIUM - INSTINCT: DECAY CD
NADJA - THAUMOGENESIS CD
NARITA MUNEHIRO - ETHER: SOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR WORKS
NETHER DAWN - OUTER DARK CD
OAKENTHRONE MAGAZINE #3
OAKENTHRONE MAGAZINE #4
OBSCURUS ADVOCAM - VERBIA DAEMONICUS CD
PENTAGRAM - FIRST DAZE HERE TOO 2xLP
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 1 CD
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 3 CD
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 4 CD
PLANTS - DOUBLE INFINITY CD
RUNEMAGICK - INVOCATION OF MAGICK CD
SAPTHURAN - TO THE EDGE OF LAND CD
SATANIC WARMASTER - CARELIAN SATANIST MADNESS CD
SATURNUS - VERONICA DECIDES TO DIE CD
SHIT & SHINE - JEALOUS OF SHIT AND SHINE 2XCD
SKEPTICISM - AES MCD
SKEPTICISM - ETHERE MCD
SKULLFLOWER - EXQUISITE FUCKING BOREDOM CD
SOLAR ANUS - SKULL ALCOHOLIC 2XCD
STRIBORG - EMBITTERED DARKNESS / ISLE DE MORTS CD
TITAN - UNTITLED CD
TYRANNY - TIDES OF AWAKENING CD
VICTOR GRIFFIN - LATE FOR AN EARLY GRAVE CD
WATAIN - RABID DEATH'S CURSE CD
WEAKLING - DEAD AS DREAMS CD
WORMWOOD - STARVATION 2XLP
ZORASTER - ZOROASTER MCD
Visit 20buckspin.com for more info:
A quick update to let you know the Rakhim CD is available now and will be shipping out this week. Here’s a description:
What if Z'ev had written the intro to Darkthrone's "Blaze In The Northern Sky"? With that question in mind Finland's RAKHIM unearth "Crimson Umbrella" a two-track fit of kraut-noise psychosis, schizophrenic percussive clatter and layers of effects and over-processed vocal chants and screams. The nightmarish deconstruction of "Transylvanian Error" and "Ultimate Sword" bare only trace elements of main members Krypt and Rudimentor's day jobs in Circle and Pharaoh Overlord, with RAKHIM indulging in sonic terror too far gone for the aforementioned bands. Although the album's title makes reference to L.A.'s great Jesters Of Destiny, RAKHIM would more aptly call to mind Wolf Eyes filtered through a lengthy Faust tape jam. Best experienced through headphones at appropriately ear-bleeding volume.
Hear a sample of “Transylvanian Error” here:
http://www.20buckspin.com/bands/rakhim/rakhim.shtml
We’ve updated the 20 Buck Spin myspace page with a better layout and new song clips from Whitehorse, Wormwood, Rakhim and Half Makeshift. Check it out and add us if you haven’t already:
http://www.myspace.com/20buckspin
We’ve got a lot of new stuff in mailorder: the new Monarch, Corrupted stuff, stuff from the excellent Riot Season label and more. Here’s a complete listing of our mailorder stock, which we prefer to keep a smaller, quality batch of releases rather than everything under the sun:
20 Buck Spin releases:
SPIN003: BLACK BONED ANGEL "BLISS & VOID INSEPARABLE" CD
SPIN004: THE OBSESSED "LUNAR WOMB" LP
SPIN005: MRTYU "BLOOD TANTRA" 2XCD
SPIN006: GRAVES AT SEA "DOCUMENTS OF GRIEF" CD
SPIN007: COFFINS "THE OTHER SIDE OF BLASPHEMY" CD & SHIRT
SPIN008: BOOK OF BLACK EARTH "THE FEAST" CD & SHIRT
SPIN009: WORMWOOD "STARVATION" CD & SHIRT
SPIN010: RAKHIM "CRIMSON UMBRELLA" CD
Mailorder titles (full descriptions at 20buckspin.com):
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - ANTHEM OF THE SPACE CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - MINSTREL IN THE GALAXY CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - MYTH OF THE LOVE ELECTRIQUE CD
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE - WILD GALS A GOGO CD
ASUNDER / LIKE FLIES ON FLESH SPLIT CD
ASUNDER - A CLARION CALL CD
CAINA - SOME PEOPLE FALL CD
CAMPBELL KNEALE - PINK STALINGRAD CD
CATTLE DECAPITATION - HUMAN JERKY PLP
CIRCLE - EARTHWORM CD
CIRCLE - FOREST CD
CIRCLE - MILJARD 2XCD
CORRUPTED - EL MUNDO FRIO CD
CORRUPTED - SE HACE POR LOS SUENOS ASESINOS CD
DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - CASK STRENGTH BLACK METAL 2XCD
DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - SELENOCLAST WOLVES CD
DEATHSPELL OMEGA - KENOSE CD
DOOM:VS - AETERNUM VALE CD
DRUDKH - AUTUMN AURORA CD
DRUDKH - BLOOD IN OUR WELLS CD
DRUDKH - FORGOTTEN LEGENDS CD
DRUDKH - LEBEDYNNY SHLYAKH CD
DRUDKH - SONGS OF GRIEF AND SOLITUDE CD
DYSTOPIA - THE AFTERMATH CD
DYSTOPIA - HUMAN = GARBAGE CD
FUNERAL ORCHESTRA, THE - SLOW SHALT BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW CD
GOSLINGS - GRANDEUR OF HAIR CD
GRAVES AT SEA / ASUNDER SPLIT CD
HALF MAKESHIFT - APHOTIC LEECH CD
HATE FOREST - BATTLEFIELDS CD
HATE FOREST - NIETZCHEISM CD
HATE FOREST - SCYTHIA + 1 CD
HATE FOREST - SORROW CD
ILDJARN - FOREST POETRY CD
KRIEG - BLUE MIASMA
LASSE MARHAUG/ CARLOS GIFFONI “LESBIAN BRUNCH” CD
LEVIATHAN - THE BLIND WOUND LP
LEVIATHAN/IUVENES - THE SPEED OF DARKNESS/LIVE IN ETERNAL SIN SPLIT CD
LUDICRA - S/T CD EP
LUDICRA - S/T 12 inch EP
LURKER OF CHALICE - S/T 2xLP
MALIGN - DIVINE FACING/FIREBORN CD
MAR DE GRISES - THE TATTERDEMALION EXPRESS CD
MAYHEM/MEADS OF ASPHODEL SPLIT MCD
MIRAG - BLACK TEMPLE CARVED IN SMOKE CD EP
MONARCH - DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 2XCD
MY SHAMEFUL - THE RETURN TO NOTHING CD
NACHTMYSTIUM - INSTINCT: DECAY LP
NACHTMYSTIUM - INSTINCT: DECAY CD
NADJA - THAUMOGENESIS CD
NARITA MUNEHIRO - ETHER: SOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR WORKS
NETHER DAWN - OUTER DARK CD
OAKENTHRONE MAGAZINE #3
OAKENTHRONE MAGAZINE #4
OBSCURUS ADVOCAM - VERBIA DAEMONICUS CD
PENTAGRAM - FIRST DAZE HERE TOO 2xLP
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 1 CD
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 3 CD
PHAROAH OVERLORD - 4 CD
PLANTS - DOUBLE INFINITY CD
RUNEMAGICK - INVOCATION OF MAGICK CD
SAPTHURAN - TO THE EDGE OF LAND CD
SATANIC WARMASTER - CARELIAN SATANIST MADNESS CD
SATURNUS - VERONICA DECIDES TO DIE CD
SHIT & SHINE - JEALOUS OF SHIT AND SHINE 2XCD
SKEPTICISM - AES MCD
SKEPTICISM - ETHERE MCD
SKULLFLOWER - EXQUISITE FUCKING BOREDOM CD
SOLAR ANUS - SKULL ALCOHOLIC 2XCD
STRIBORG - EMBITTERED DARKNESS / ISLE DE MORTS CD
TITAN - UNTITLED CD
TYRANNY - TIDES OF AWAKENING CD
VICTOR GRIFFIN - LATE FOR AN EARLY GRAVE CD
WATAIN - RABID DEATH'S CURSE CD
WEAKLING - DEAD AS DREAMS CD
WORMWOOD - STARVATION 2XLP
ZORASTER - ZOROASTER MCD
3.24.2007
Myspace Updated
I updated the myspace page for the first time in a long while. Changed the layout somewhat and added new songs:
Whitehorse - Ocean Turns To Black (edit)
Wormwood - The Towering Outdoors
Coffins - Blood & Boned
Half Makeshift Oblivion (edit)
Check it out...
www.myspace.com/20buckspin
Whitehorse - Ocean Turns To Black (edit)
Wormwood - The Towering Outdoors
Coffins - Blood & Boned
Half Makeshift Oblivion (edit)
Check it out...
www.myspace.com/20buckspin
3.23.2007
3.14.2007
Decibel Ads & SXSW
I'm gonna be at SXSW. Look for me at the Alternative Tentacles showcase, hanging with my friends in Ludicra, Akimbo and Bloodhag.
Here's our ads for the May and June issues of Decibel Magazine
Here's our ads for the May and June issues of Decibel Magazine
2.08.2007
Wormwood "Starvation" CD and Shirt Out Now
Visit 20buckspin.com for more info.
Wormwood’s “Starvation” CD is available now from 20 Buck Spin. Comes packaged in a digipak with a booklet.
WORMWOOD originated in Lawrence, Kansas back in 1997. 10 years and a move to Seattle later “Starvation”, WORMWOOD’s 2nd full length epic, is ready to be unleashed. Building on the foundations laid out on 2000’s debut LP “Requiescat”, “Starvation” is a swirling vortex of psychedelic panic, doom crusted metal and sombre minor key prog mania. Imagine “Souls At Zero” era Neurosis with the apocalypse turned inward, or Tarantula Hawk and Crash Worship on a black doom metal bender. Not surprisingly Billy Anderson’s (Neurosis, Swans, Sleep) production signature graces “Starvation”, highlighting the double bass guitar technicality and sample-laden paranoia. WORMWOOD’s “Starvation” is an album that must be digested over the course of multiple listens to fully comprehend everything going on in its vast, insular 70 minute-plus mental web.
In addition we also have available now a new Wormwood T-shirt design, as well as Book Of Black Earth T-shirts for The Feast.
Also there is new stuff in mailorder from labels like Supernal, Battle Kommand and Firedoom Music.
All the top 10 lists that you submitted have been added to the site. A winner of the discography has been chosen and notified.
Much more news to come soon!
Wormwood’s “Starvation” CD is available now from 20 Buck Spin. Comes packaged in a digipak with a booklet.
WORMWOOD originated in Lawrence, Kansas back in 1997. 10 years and a move to Seattle later “Starvation”, WORMWOOD’s 2nd full length epic, is ready to be unleashed. Building on the foundations laid out on 2000’s debut LP “Requiescat”, “Starvation” is a swirling vortex of psychedelic panic, doom crusted metal and sombre minor key prog mania. Imagine “Souls At Zero” era Neurosis with the apocalypse turned inward, or Tarantula Hawk and Crash Worship on a black doom metal bender. Not surprisingly Billy Anderson’s (Neurosis, Swans, Sleep) production signature graces “Starvation”, highlighting the double bass guitar technicality and sample-laden paranoia. WORMWOOD’s “Starvation” is an album that must be digested over the course of multiple listens to fully comprehend everything going on in its vast, insular 70 minute-plus mental web.
In addition we also have available now a new Wormwood T-shirt design, as well as Book Of Black Earth T-shirts for The Feast.
Also there is new stuff in mailorder from labels like Supernal, Battle Kommand and Firedoom Music.
All the top 10 lists that you submitted have been added to the site. A winner of the discography has been chosen and notified.
Much more news to come soon!
2.05.2007
2.01.2007
1.25.2007
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